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Published on: May 23, 2018
Anatomy and physiology of cisternostomy
Iype Cherian1, Giovanni Grasso, Antonio Bernardo
1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal.
Abstract:
Cisternostomy is defined as opening the basal cisterns to atmospheric pressure. This technique helps to reduce the intracranial pressure in severe head trauma as well as other conditions when the so-called sudden "brain swelling" troubles the surgeon. We elaborated the surgical anatomy of this procedure as well as the proposed physiology of how cisternostomy works. This novel technique may change the current trends in neurosurgery.
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