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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2020

Bedside Sonographic Duplex Technique as a Monitoring Tool in Patients after Decompressive Craniectomy: A Single Centre Experience.

Habib Bendella, Joachim Spreer, Alexander Hartmann, Alhadi Igressa, Marc Maegele, Rolf Lefering, Makoto Nakamura

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Habib BendellaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Joachim SpreerDivision of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Alexander HartmannDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Alhadi IgressaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Marc MaegeleDepartment of Traumatology, Orthopedic Surgery and Sportsmedicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Rolf LeferingInstitute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne-Merheim, 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Makoto NakamuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Witten/Herdecke University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesBedside sonographic duplex technique (SDT) may be used as an adjunct to cranial computed tomography (CCT) to monitor brain-injured patients after decompressive craniectomy (DC). The present study aimed to assess the value of SDT in repeated measurements of ventricle dimensions in patients after DC by comparing both techniques. MATERIALS AND

methodsRetrospective assessment of 20 consecutive patients after DC for refractory intracranial pressure (ICP) increase following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), bleeding and trauma which were examined by SDT and CCT in the context of routine clinical practice. Whenever a repeated CCT was clinically indicated SDT examinations were performed within 24 hours and correlated via measurement of the dimensions of all four cerebral ventricles. Basal cerebral arteries including pathologies such as vasospasms were also evaluated in comparison to selected digital subtraction angiography (DSA).

resultsRepeated measurements of all four ventricle diameters showed high correlation between CCT and SDT (right lateral r = 0.997,

conclusionsRepeated SDT measurements of the dimensions of all four ventricles in patients after DC for refractory ICP increase delivered reproducible results comparable to CCT. SDT may be considered as a valuable bedside monitoring tool in patients after DC.

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AdultAgedDecompressive CraniectomyFemaleHumansIntracranial HypertensionMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicPoint-of-Care SystemsRetrospective StudiesUltrasonography, Doppler, Duplexbasal cerebral arteriesbrain traumacranial computed tomographydecompressive craniectomyultrasoundventricle dimensions

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PMCPMC7074068
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