CompletedNot Applicable

Intraoperative Ultrasound Guided Compared to Stereotactic Navigated Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement

Switzerland136 participantsStarted 2020-02-26

Plain-language summary

This study is to prospectively compare Ultrasound guided (US-G) Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) placement to stereotactic navigation in a randomized controlled fashion with the surgical intervention time as primary outcome. All patients entering the University Hospital of Basel for elective or emergent VPS surgery will be randomized in 1:1 fashion to one of the study groups at admission or the day before the operation.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Informed Consent as documented by signature * Patients undergoing elective or emergent VPS placement (frontal or occipital shunt ) Exclusion Criteria: * Revision surgery due to former VPS placement using the same side and location for VPS placement or when no complete shunt is revised (proximal and distal), resulting in a shorter operation time * Ventriculoatrial or ventriculopleural Placement * Women who are pregnant or breast feeding * Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study * Previous enrolment into the current study * Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees, and other dependent persons

What they're measuring

surgical intervention time (minutes)

Timeframe: at Operation day (V2, up to 24 hours)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04450797

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-06-19

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