Bar stitch

Bar stitches are the surgical piercing of the bar ( corpus callosum ) in the brain to create a passage for the cerebrospinal fluid to reduce intracranial pressure. It is a form of ventricular drainage . The bar stitch was developed by Fritz Gustav von Bramann .

literature

• Bramann, Fritz Gustav v .: About extirpation of brain tumors. In: Archive for clinical surgery , 45. - Berlin, A. Hirschwald, 1893, 8 °, pp. 365-400, brochure.
• Bramann, Fritz Gustav v .: Further experiences about the bar stitch in brain diseases. In: Archive for clinical surgery , 96. - Berlin, A. Hirschwald, 1911, 8 °, pp. 195–204, 1 fig., Brochure.

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