Medical and surgical texts from the 16th to the 18th centuries document the origin of the cannula for ventriculostomy in pediatric hydrocephalus. Fabrizio d'Acquapendente was the first physician to report external ventriculostomy through the insertion of a silver cannula with a stopper. More than 100 years later, extended use of the trocar by urologists allowed Claude-Nicolas Le Cat to perform an external ventriculostomy with a trocar and a bung.
The origin of the cannula for ventriculostomy in pediatric hydrocephalus / Missori, Paolo; Paolini, Sergio; Domenicucci, Maurizio. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1933-0707. - STAMPA. - 7:3(2011), pp. 290-294. [10.3171/2010.12.peds10518]
The origin of the cannula for ventriculostomy in pediatric hydrocephalus.
MISSORI, Paolo;PAOLINI, SERGIO;DOMENICUCCI, Maurizio
2011
Abstract
Medical and surgical texts from the 16th to the 18th centuries document the origin of the cannula for ventriculostomy in pediatric hydrocephalus. Fabrizio d'Acquapendente was the first physician to report external ventriculostomy through the insertion of a silver cannula with a stopper. More than 100 years later, extended use of the trocar by urologists allowed Claude-Nicolas Le Cat to perform an external ventriculostomy with a trocar and a bung.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
