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Guided Application of Ventricular Catheters (GAVCA) - multicentre study to compare the ventricular catheter position after use of a catheter guide versus freehand application: study protocol for a randomised trail

BACKGROUND: The standard technique for the placement of ventricular catheters (VC) comprises a high proportion of malpositioning of the catheter (12.5 to 40%). Technical advances such as neuronavigation or ultrasound have been shown to increase the accuracy of the procedure. Since these means result...

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Autores principales: Schaumann, Andreas, Thomale, Ulrich-Wilhelm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24330776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-428