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Intracranial Pressure Monitor

Intracranial Pressure Monitor - Symptoms

Intracranial Pressure Monitor - How to prevent?

Intracranial Pressure Monitor - Diagnosis

Intracranial Pressure Monitor - Treatments

Procedure Description

General anaesthesia

  • After cleaning, local anaesthetic is infiltrated and a linear incision is made
  • A burr hole is created by drilling the skull bone till the inner table is breached
  • The dural covering is diathermised along with the underlying pia and the monitor is then inserted into the brain and tunnelled out of the scalp
  • The incision is closed

Intracranial Pressure Monitor - Preparing for surgery

Intracranial Pressure Monitor - Other Information

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