ShuntScope®-Guided Versus Free Hand Technique for Ventricular Catheter Placement: A Retrospective Comparative Study of Intra-Ventricular Catheter Tip Position and Complication Rate.

Mohammed IssaMohammed NofalNikolai MiotikAngelika SeitzAndreas UnterbergAhmed El Damaty

Published in: Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery (2022)

VC placement using the SG technique is a safe and effective procedure, which enabled a significantly higher success rate and lower revision and complication rate. Accordingly, we recommend using the SG technique especially in patients with difficult anatomy.

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