Transorbital ventricular puncture for emergency ventricular decompression. Technical note

I Madrazo Navarro; J A Garcia Renteria; V H Rosas Peralta; M A Dei Castilli

doi:10.3171/jns.1981.54.2.0273

Transorbital ventricular puncture for emergency ventricular decompression. Technical note

J Neurosurg. 1981 Feb;54(2):273-4. doi: 10.3171/jns.1981.54.2.0273.

Authors

I Madrazo Navarro, J A Garcia Renteria, V H Rosas Peralta, M A Dei Castilli

PMID: 7452344
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1981.54.2.0273

Abstract

A transorbital technique for emergency ventricular drainage has been used successfully in comatose hydrocephalic patients. The technique is described.

MeSH terms

Cerebral Ventricles / surgery*
Drainage / methods
Emergencies*
Humans
Hydrocephalus / surgery*
Intracranial Pressure
Orbit
Punctures / methods*