New designs of ventricular catheters for hydrocephalus by 3-D computational fluid dynamics
Childs Nerv Syst. 2014 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print] Galarza Marcelo 1, Giménez Ángel 2, Pellicer Olga3, Valero José 2, Amigó José M.2 1- Regional Department of Neurosurgery, “Virgen de la Arrixaca” University Hospital, Murcia, Spain; 2- Operations Research Center, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain 3- Department of Health Psychology, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain INTRODUCTION: Based on a landmark study by Lin et al. of the two-dimensional flow in ventricular catheters (VCs) via computational fluid dynamics (CFD), we studied in a previous paper the three-dimensional flow patterns of five commercially available VC. We found that the drainage of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) mostly occurs through…
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