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    The effect of an intracisternal nimodipine slow-release system on cerebral vasospasm after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage in the rat

    Intracisternal slow delivery systems are a promising concept of local treatment of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). The purpose of the actual study was to investigate for the first time...

    D. Hänggi, B. Turowski, J. Perrin, M. Rapp, J. Liersch, M. Sabel in Cerebral Vasospasm (2008)

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    Simultaneous head rotation and lumboventricular lavage in patients after severe subarachnoid haemorrhage: an initial analysis of the influence on clot clearance rate and cerebral vasospasm

    Some recent publications from Japan suggested that headshaking might attenuate cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) due to facilitated wash-out. It can also be assumed that the accepted bene...

    Daniel Hänggi, J. Liersch, G. Wöbker, H. -J. Steiger in Cerebral Vasospasm (2008)

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    Cranial and spinal dural arteriovenous malformations and fistulas: an update

    Awareness of a potential arteriovenous fistula is critical for diagnosis of cranial as well as spinal fistulas. The natural history of cranial and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas has been clarified during ...

    H.-J. Steiger, D. Hänggi in New Trends of Surgery for Stroke and its P… (2005)

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    Standards of Neurosurgical Procedures

    Written specifications with regard to procedures performed, equipment used, and training of the involved personnel are widely used in the industry and aviation to guarantee constant quality. Similar systems ar...

    H. J. Steiger in Risk Control and Quality Management in Neurosurgery (2001)

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    Quality, Risk and Health Care: Another View

    During evolution of any sector of civilization quality becomes important after the initial steps, that are initiation and growth. The request for quality resides in the contrasts of benefits, risks and limited...

    H. J. Steiger in Risk Control and Quality Management in Neurosurgery (2001)

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    How to Control the Risk of Novel Surgical Procedures

    Novel surgical procedures impose particular problems in addition to the general issues of clinical research [1, 7]. Surgical procedures are usually highly technical and therefore difficult to judge by the inst...

    H. J. Steiger in Risk Control and Quality Management in Neurosurgery (2001)

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    Neuroprotective Treatment Paradigms in Neurovascular Surgery — Efficacy in a Rat Model of Focal Cerebral Ischemia

    Temporary occlusion of cerebral arteries facilitates many neurovascular operations, f.e. clip** of aneurysms or extirpation of arteriovenous malformations. The chance of a safe and longer interruption of cer...

    Dr. S. Zausinger, T. Westermaier, A. Baethmann, H.-J. Steiger in Cerebral Vasospasm (2001)