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Bendella, Habib, Spreer, Joachim, Hartmann, Alexander, Igressa, Alhadi, Maegele, Marc, Lefering, Rolf and Nakamura, Makoto (2020). Bedside Sonographic Duplex Technique as a Monitoring Tool in Patients after Decompressive Craniectomy: A Single Centre Experience. Med. Lith., 56 (2). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1648-9144

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Abstract

Background and objectives: Bedside sonographic duplex technique (SDT) may be used as an adjunct to cranial computed tomography (CCT) to monitor brain-injured patients after decompressive craniectomy (DC). The present study aimed to assess the value of SDT in repeated measurements of ventricle dimensions in patients after DC by comparing both techniques. Materials and Methods: Retrospective assessment of 20 consecutive patients after DC for refractory intracranial pressure (ICP) increase following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), bleeding and trauma which were examined by SDT and CCT in the context of routine clinical practice. Whenever a repeated CCT was clinically indicated SDT examinations were performed within 24 hours and correlated via measurement of the dimensions of all four cerebral ventricles. Basal cerebral arteries including pathologies such as vasospasms were also evaluated in comparison to selected digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Results: Repeated measurements of all four ventricle diameters showed high correlation between CCT and SDT (right lateral r = 0.997, p < 0.001; left lateral r = 0.997, p < 0.001; third r = 0.991, p < 0.001, fourth ventricle r = 0.977, p < 0.001). SDT performed well in visualizing basal cerebral arteries including pathologies (e.g., vasospasms) as compared to DSA. Conclusions: Repeated SDT measurements of the dimensions of all four ventricles in patients after DC for refractory ICP increase delivered reproducible results comparable to CCT. SDT may be considered as a valuable bedside monitoring tool in patients after DC.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bendella, Habib UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Spreer, Joachim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hartmann, Alexander UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Igressa, Alhadi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Maegele, Marc UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lefering, Rolf UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Nakamura, Makoto UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-346256
DOI:	10.3390/medicina56020085
Journal or Publication Title:	Med. Lith.
Volume:	56
Number:	2
Date:	2020
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1648-9144
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTRAHOSPITAL TRANSPORT; CEREBRAL VASOSPASM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; ECHOGRAPHY; STROKE; SYSTEM Multiple languages Medicine, General & Internal Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34625