External ventricular drain causes brain tissue damage: an imaging study.

Fabrizio OrtolanoMarco CarbonaraAntonella StancoVittorio CivelliGiorgio CarrabbaTommaso ZoerleNino Stocchetti

Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2017)

EVD insertion, even when there are no clinically important complications, causes a tissue reaction with minimal bleedings and small areas of brain edema.

Keyphrases

white matter
resting state
high resolution
heart failure
oxidative stress
cerebral ischemia
left ventricular
risk factors
multiple sclerosis
mass spectrometry
catheter ablation
fluorescence imaging