Access to potentially life-saving neurosurgical care remains very uneven worldwide, with potentially life-threatening consequences. This is especially true for a process called ventriculostomy, the most common neurosurgical procedure. Ventriculostomy involves the insertion of a catheter into the brain cavities called ventricles to drain cerebrospinal fluid and relieve intracranial pressure.
It’s a delicate, difficult process that requires extreme precision: misplacing the catheter, which happens in up to 30 per cent of freehand procedures, can result in hemorrhage, infection, prolonged hospital stays, morbidity and even death.
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