Use of an inflatable balloon on a catheter to prevent subdural fluid collections after intraventricular tumor surgery

Abstract

Ventricular tumor surgeries pose significant challenges to the neurosurgeon. Apart from the operative challenges and typical complications of surgery, subdural fluid collection is common after these surgeries. Various methods have been used to prevent this complication. The authors' technique of implanting an inflatable balloon attached to a catheter after resection of a huge intraventricular tumor was highly effective in preventing the development of a subdural fluid collection.

Corticotomy Closure Avoids Subdural Collections After Hemispherotomy

“…14 This seems to have a stronger physiological basis than, for example, use of an inflatable balloon after resection of large tumors. 15 Our preliminary results in 16 patients tend to demonstrate that this technique is effective, as none of the patients developed radiologically confirmed SC. If small CSF SCs seem not to be symptomatic, it seems that large CSF collection can lead to severe adverse effects that justify our operative technique to prevent their occurrence.…”