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| What are a series of interconnected canals and cavities called? |
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| What is the fluid called that fills the ventricles? |
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| Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) |
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| What does the choroid plexuses produce? |
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| The CSF is reabsorbed by what? |
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| Which ventricles are enlarged for patients considered for ventriculoscopy? |
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| Lateral and third ventricles |
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| What irrigation is used for a ventriculoscopy? |
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| What is used to enlarge the fenestration in the floor of the third ventricle? |
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| #3 French Fogarty Balloon Catheter |
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| What position is the patient placed in? |
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| Supine position with the head in pin traction, slightly elevated |
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| What artery is identified after the scope is placed in the third ventricle? |
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| What age is contraindicated for a ventriculoscopy? |
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| What may be performed to reestablish the free flow of CSF between the ventricles and subarachnoid space? |
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| What is packed in the burr hole before the scalp is sutured closed? |
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| What is the wound classification? |
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| What is performed prior to patient discharge? |
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| What are the complications of a ventriculoscopy? |
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| Fever, bleeding, and short-term memory loss |
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