ArticleSurgical neurology international2021
Continuous intraventricular vancomycin for treatment of ventriculitis using IRRAflow®: A case report.
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- Continuous intraventricular lavage using the IRRAflow® System in refractory ventriculitis in a pediatric patient: A case report.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Stereotactic placement of dual lumen catheter system for continuous drainage, irrigation, and intraventricular antibiotic therapy for treatment of brain abscess with ventriculitis - A case report and literature review.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Treatment of cerebral ventriculitis with a new self-irrigating catheter system: narrative review and case series.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2023Article
- Thermal and Postural Effects on Fluid Mixing and Irrigation Patterns for Intraventricular Hemorrhage Treatment.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- Brain abscess with pyogenic ventriculitis.IDCases · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundVentriculitis usually occurs as the result of infection and results in the inflammation of the ependymal lining of the ventricular system. Mortality rates remain high despite treatment. CASE DESCRIPTION: We present the case of a 66-year-old man who presented with altered mental status and progressively became comatose. He was found to have fulminant ventriculitis due to a ruptured intracranial abscess. He was treated with bilateral IRRAflow® catheter (IRRAS, Stockholm, Sweden) placement through which continuous irrigation with vancomycin was initiated.
conclusionThis treatment was safe and led to improvement in the patient's neurologic examination, imaging findings, and cerebrospinal fluid profiles.
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