Fichtner, Jens; Güresir, Erdem; Seifert, Volker; Raabe, Andreas (2010). Efficacy of silver-bearing external ventricular drainage catheters: a retrospective analysis. Journal of neurosurgery, 112(4), pp. 840-6. Charlottesville, Va.: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 10.3171/2009.8.JNS091297
Full text not available from this repository.Catheter-related infection of CSF is a potentially life-threatening complication of external ventricular drainage (EVD). When using EVD catheters, contact between the ventricular system and skin surface occurs and CSF infection is possible. The aim of this analysis was to compare the efficacy of silver-bearing EVD catheters for reducing the incidence of infection with standard nonimpregnated EVD catheters in neurosurgical patients with acute hydrocephalus.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurosurgery |
UniBE Contributor: |
Fichtner, Jens, Raabe, Andreas |
ISSN: |
0022-3085 |
Publisher: |
American Association of Neurological Surgeons |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:12 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:01 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3171/2009.8.JNS091297 |
PubMed ID: |
19764827 |
Web of Science ID: |
000276033200028 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/2296 (FactScience: 204691) |