Ventriculostomy and Risk of Upward Herniation in Patients with Obstructive Hydrocephalus from Posterior Fossa Mass Lesions.
Sherri A BraksickBenjamin T HimesKendall SnyderJamie J Van GompelJennifer E FugateAlejandro A RabinsteinPublished in: Neurocritical care (2019)
Radiographic presence of upward herniation was often present prior to EVD placement. Clinically relevant upward herniation was rare, with only two patients worsening after the procedure, in the presence of other clinical confounders that likely contributed as well.