Abstract
One hundred and forty-seven patients had intracranial pressure monitoring by means of a subarachnoid screw as part of their routine neurosurgical care. Average length of monitoring was five days. Successful recordings were obtained in 92% of the patients. Improper technical placement caused the majority of failures. The overall infection rate associated with the monitor was 2.1%, with 0.7% CNS infection (one patient developed a brain abscess). The authors have since monitored an additional 500 patients and find the subarachnoid screw to be a reliable, low risk means of clinically recording intracranial pressure in neurosurgical patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 41-47 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Surgical Neurology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1977 |