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  • Title: Removal of adherent ventricular catheter.
    Author: Steinbok P, Cochrane DD.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg; 1992; 18(3):167-8. PubMed ID: 1457377.
    Abstract:
    The technique for freeing adherent ventricular catheters is described in which a Bugbee wire, insulated except for the tip, is used to deliver a monopolar coagulating current to the tissue adherent to the drainage holes of the catheter. This may have some advantage over the use of an uninsulated metal cannula for delivery of a unipolar diathermy cutting current. The technique described has permitted effective and safe removal of adherent ventricular catheters.
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