9786131974571 - pneumoencephalography: medical procedure, cerebrospinal fluid, brain, x-ray, ventriculography, walter dandy (3 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 136 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Pneumoencephalography (sometimes abbreviated PEG) is a medical procedurein which cerebrospinal fluid is drained to a small amount from aroundthe brain and replaced with air, oxygen, or helium to allow thestructure of the brain to show up more clearly on an X-ray picture. Itis derived from ventriculography, an earlier and more primitive onewhere the air is injected through holes drilled in the skull. Theprocedure was introduced in 1919 by the American neurosurgeon WalterDandy. Pneumoencephalography was performed extensively throughout thelate 20th century, but it was extremely painful and, as researcherswould later discover, very dangerous. The test was generally not welltolerated by patients. Headaches and severe vomiting were common sideeffects. Replacement of the spinal fluid was by natural generation andtherefore required recovery for as long as 2-3 months before normalmovement was restored.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 136 pp. Englisch.…

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