Sergey Ozerov1, U W Thomale2, M Schulz2, A Schaumann2, A Samarin3, E Kumirova3. 1. Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neurooncology Department, Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, 1 Samory Mashela str., Moscow, Russia, 117997. gagara3@yandex.ru. 2. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. 3. Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neurooncology Department, Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, 1 Samory Mashela str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: For intraventricular chemotherapy (IVC) as part of many oncological treatment protocols, Ommaya reservoir is enabling repeated access to the cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF). The correct placement of the catheter in the ventricle is essential for correct application of drugs, which is enabled by sophisticated techniques such as neuronavigation. OBJECTIVE: In a bi-center retrospective study, we reviewed our experience using a smartphone-assisted ventricle catheter guide as simple solution for correct Ommaya reservoir placement. METHODS: Sixty Ommaya reservoirs have been placed in 60 patients between 2011 and 2017 with the smartphone-assisted ventricular catheter guidance technique. Patient characteristics, preoperative frontal and occipital horn ratio (FOHR), postoperative catheter position, and complications were assessed. RESULTS: The majority of our patients (71.6%) have got narrow or slit-like ventricles (FOHR ≤ 0.4). All Ommaya reservoirs were placed successfully. Fifty-eight ventricular catheters (97%) were inserted at the first and 2 (3%) at the second attempt using the same technique. No immediate perioperative complications were observed. All catheters (100%) could be used for IVC. Postoperative imaging was available in 52 patients. Thirty-two (61.5%) of ventricular catheters were rated as grade I, 20 (38.5%) as grade II, and none (0%) as grade III. Four patients (6.7%) showed postoperative complications during a median follow-up of 8.5 months (hydrocephalus, n = 1; infection, n = 1; parenchymal cyst around catheter, n = 1; shunt revision, n = 1). CONCLUSIONS: The smartphone-assisted guide offers decent accuracy of ventricle catheter placement with ease and simplicity for a small surgical intervention. We propose this technique as routine tool for Ommaya reservoir placement independent of lateral ventricular size to decrease the rate of ventricle catheter malposition as reasonable alternative to a neuronavigation system.
BACKGROUND: For intraventricular chemotherapy (IVC) as part of many oncological treatment protocols, Ommaya reservoir is enabling repeated access to the cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF). The correct placement of the catheter in the ventricle is essential for correct application of drugs, which is enabled by sophisticated techniques such as neuronavigation. OBJECTIVE: In a bi-center retrospective study, we reviewed our experience using a smartphone-assisted ventricle catheter guide as simple solution for correct Ommaya reservoir placement. METHODS: Sixty Ommaya reservoirs have been placed in 60 patients between 2011 and 2017 with the smartphone-assisted ventricular catheter guidance technique. Patient characteristics, preoperative frontal and occipital horn ratio (FOHR), postoperative catheter position, and complications were assessed. RESULTS: The majority of our patients (71.6%) have got narrow or slit-like ventricles (FOHR ≤ 0.4). All Ommaya reservoirs were placed successfully. Fifty-eight ventricular catheters (97%) were inserted at the first and 2 (3%) at the second attempt using the same technique. No immediate perioperative complications were observed. All catheters (100%) could be used for IVC. Postoperative imaging was available in 52 patients. Thirty-two (61.5%) of ventricular catheters were rated as grade I, 20 (38.5%) as grade II, and none (0%) as grade III. Four patients (6.7%) showed postoperative complications during a median follow-up of 8.5 months (hydrocephalus, n = 1; infection, n = 1; parenchymal cyst around catheter, n = 1; shunt revision, n = 1). CONCLUSIONS: The smartphone-assisted guide offers decent accuracy of ventricle catheter placement with ease and simplicity for a small surgical intervention. We propose this technique as routine tool for Ommaya reservoir placement independent of lateral ventricular size to decrease the rate of ventricle catheter malposition as reasonable alternative to a neuronavigation system.
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