ILLI INTRACRANIAL-PRESSURE MONITORING AND FIXATION DEVICE - A NEW FIXATION SYSTEM FOR INTRACRANIAL-PRESSURE MONITORING IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN PEDIATRIC NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY, HYDROCEPHALUS AND CRANIOFACIALSURGERY
P. Renzulli et al., ILLI INTRACRANIAL-PRESSURE MONITORING AND FIXATION DEVICE - A NEW FIXATION SYSTEM FOR INTRACRANIAL-PRESSURE MONITORING IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN PEDIATRIC NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY, HYDROCEPHALUS AND CRANIOFACIALSURGERY, Pediatric neurosurgery, 23(1), 1995, pp. 54-56
Fixation and positioning of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring dev
ices in small children with very thin skull bones pose serious problem
s. We present a new ICP fixation device with two movable components co
mpressing the skull bone from in- and outside. This new fixation syste
m, designed by PD Dr. O.E. Illi and licensed by White Spot AG, Surgica
l Tools and Research, Baar, Switzerland, guarantees far greater stabil
ity and reliability than conventional screws or bolts. It is fully com
patible with a range of fiberoptic or pneumatic transducer systems. We
have applied this new device successfully in 10 patients.