Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Lumbar drain: Insertion of lumbar drain under sterile aseptic precautions after general anaesthesia and studying difficulties
Sponsors
SIMS Hospitals
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All neurosurgery patients scheduled for elective transnasal transsphenoidal resection of stellar, suprasellar lesions requiring lumbar drain, all neurosurgery patients scheduled for elective transnasal CSF rhinorrhea repair requiring lumbar drain, ASA 1, 2 and 3 patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients unwilling to participate in study, ASA 4 and 5, patients with history of bleeding diagnosis, patients with infection at the site of drain insertion, patients having systemic sepsis, patients who have undergone previous spine operations, per existing neurological or demyelinating lesions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the incidence of complications associated with preoperative lumbar drain placement in endoscopic pituitary surgery To study the incidences of difficulties observed with lumbar CSF drain catheter placementTimepoint: From insertion of lumbar drain to removal | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study the difficulties observed with lumbar CSF drain catheter placementTimepoint: Before, during & after surgery | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Senthil Kumar TS
SIMS Hospital
Outcome results
None listed