Jotham C Manwaring1, Ahmed El Damaty, Jörg Baldauf, Henry W S Schroeder. 1. *Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; ‡Department of Neurosurgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; §Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine, Greifswald, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acute intraoperative intraventricular hemorrhage is a feared event in endoscopic neurosurgical procedures. OBJECTIVE: To describe the small-chamber irrigation technique (SCIT) for intraoperative endoscopic management of intraventricular hemorrhage. METHODS: The SCIT was used in intraventricular surgery for hydrocephalus, intraventricular tumors requiring biopsy, arachnoid cysts, and colloid cysts. RESULTS: Intraventricular hemorrhage was successfully managed endoscopically with a combination of the SCIT, routine irrigation, and coagulation, allowing for completion of the primary procedures. CONCLUSION: The SCIT is a powerful tool that the neuroendoscopist can use for visualization to achieve hemostasis when performing intraventricular endoscopic surgery.
BACKGROUND: Acute intraoperative intraventricular hemorrhage is a feared event in endoscopic neurosurgical procedures. OBJECTIVE: To describe the small-chamber irrigation technique (SCIT) for intraoperative endoscopic management of intraventricular hemorrhage. METHODS: The SCIT was used in intraventricular surgery for hydrocephalus, intraventricular tumors requiring biopsy, arachnoid cysts, and colloid cysts. RESULTS:Intraventricular hemorrhage was successfully managed endoscopically with a combination of the SCIT, routine irrigation, and coagulation, allowing for completion of the primary procedures. CONCLUSION: The SCIT is a powerful tool that the neuroendoscopist can use for visualization to achieve hemostasis when performing intraventricular endoscopic surgery.