How I do it: brainwashing for purulent ventriculitis.

de Sousa Carvalho Dezena, Jean Eduardo; Gerbelli, Christian Luiz Baptista; Braga, Tiago Kiyoshi Kitabayashi; Ballestero, Matheus Fernando Manzolli · Acta Neurochir (Wien) · 2023

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Abstract

The management of ventriculitis remains controversial, with no single management strategy that can provide a good outcome. There are few articles describing the brainwashing technique, and most for neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage. This technical note is important because it describes a practical way to perform brainwashing in case of ventriculitis, and it is more feasible compared to endoscopic lavage in developing countries. We describe in a stepwise fashion the surgical technique of ventricular lavage. Ventricular lavage is a neglected technique that can help to improve ventricular infection and hemorrhage prognosis.

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