Intraventricular pressure in non-communicating hydrocephalus patients before endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Affiliations

Tiefenthaler Werner: Department of Anaesthesia, Medalp Sportclinic, Imst, Austria
Burtscher Johannes: Department of Neurosurgery Landesklinikum Wiener, Neustadt, Austria
Moser Patrizia L.: Department of Pathology, Innpath GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria
Lorenz Ingo H.: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University (MUI), Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Kolbitsch Christian: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University (MUI), Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Abstract

In patients with non-communicating hydrocephalus impairment of cerebral compliance can occur pre- but also intraoperatively.