by inserting a small catheter into the lateral ventricle of the brain to drain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is typically performed to alleviate elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) resulting from hydrocephalus, intracranial hemorrhage, bacterial meningitis, tumors, and traumatic brain injuries [1,4–6...
Brain Stem Hemorrhage after Insertion of a Lumbar Drain: An Extremely Rare but Fatal Complication of a Routine Proceduretraumatic brain injurylumbar drainagehydrocephalusdecompressive craniectomybrain stem hemorrhageDecompressive craniectomy (DC) is a life-saving procedure to control refractory intracranial ...
A joint aspiration procedure (arthrocentesis) may be performed to obtain joint fluid to test in the laboratory. A sterile needle and syringe are used to drain fluid from the joint, which is then analyzed to detect causes of joint swelling. Removing this joint fluid can also help relieve join...
damage to the spinal cord or other nerves weakening or loss of function in the legs blood clots leakage of spinal fluid resulting from tears in the dura, the protective membrane that covers the spinal cord worsening of back pain Normal...
A peripheral endarterectomy is the surgical removal of fatty deposits, called plaque, from the walls of arteries other than those of the heart and brain. The surgery is performed when plaque blocks an artery and obstructs the flow of blood and oxygen to other parts of the body, most commonly...
A drain might also be placed in order to remove the excess fluid accumulated in the knee joint. If there are no complications, the patient will remain in the clinic for no more than one day.RisksThese are the most common risks of the meniscectomy procedure:...
C. a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural cavity. Regarding traumatic osteoarthritis of the wrist due to a fracture 5 years ago, what would I use as the main term in the Alphabetic Index to locate a code for the cause of the residual condition? A patient is adm...
Various procedures may be used to reduce the fluid pressure. For example, a plate glaucoma drainage device (GDD), such as an Ahmed valve or a Baerveldt tube shunt, may be implanted. In a typical plate GDD procedure, a plate is placed into the eye's subconjunctival space and a tube, ...
Alternatively, a catheter with perforations can be inserted through a small hole in the skull into the subdural space to evacuate the fluid collection. This current procedure is limited due to deficiencies of known devices used during the procedure. For example, known ports used in procedures to ...
the patient and the target area T. This hollow channel can then be used in any desired manner, such as to drain excess cerebral spinal fluid, to treat a clot and/or to insert a catheter according to the shunt implantation method taught in the copending U.S. Formal patent application Ser...