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A Novel Application of the Integra Camino Bolt for the Drainage of Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Technical Note. Asian J Neurosurg 2018 Apr-Jun;13(2):380-382

Date

04/24/2018

Pubmed ID

29682038

Pubmed Central ID

PMC5898109

DOI

10.4103/1793-5482.228518

Abstract

Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is a common neurosurgical pathology associated with older age and complicated by antiplatelet/anticoagulant therapies. With improving medical care in an aging population, the incidence of cSDH will likely increase over the next 25 years, placing a burden on health care costs. Consequently, a simple and inexpensive treatment option is desirable. As such, we report a basic, but novel, technique to drain cSDH with an Integra Camino bolt. This technique was employed in two patients, where the significant resolution of cSDH and associated clinical symptoms were observed without complications.

Author List

Doan NB, Nguyen H, Janich K, Montoure A, Mohit P, Shabani S, Gelsomino M, Mueller WM, Kurpad S

Author

Wade M. Mueller MD Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin