Use of Flexible Endoscopic Aspiration for an Intraventricular Small Floating Clot with Hemorrhage: a Technical Note

Overview

Journal Neurosurg Rev

Specialty Neurosurgery

Date 2020 Sep 20

PMID 32951062

Citations 3

Authors

Hiroaki Neki

Aoto Shibata

Hiroyuki Komine

Shinya Kohyama

Fumitaka Yamane

Shoichiro Ishihara

Yuichiro Kikkawa

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Abstract

Background: Although flexible endoscopy is effective for intraventricular lesions, it is less frequently used for hemorrhagic cases. In some hemorrhagic strokes, blood clots may plunge into the cerebral aqueduct and cause acute obstructive hydrocephalus. A flexible endoscope can aspirate clots and prevent acute hydrocephalus.

Methods: Here, we report four cases of hemorrhage: one of intracerebral hemorrhage and three of subarachnoid hemorrhages.

Results: In all cases, acute hydrocephalus was not apparent upon admission. Sudden comatose occurred; computed tomography revealed acute obstructive hydrocephalus with a strangulated clot in the cerebral aqueduct. We performed aspiration of the strangulated clot using a flexible endoscope. Consciousness improved in all cases, and acute hydrocephalus was prevented in all cases.

Conclusion: The use of simple flexible endoscopic aspiration for clots might be a beneficial and less-invasive procedure for acute obstructive hydrocephalus caused by a small clot with hemorrhagic stroke.

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