INTRODUCTION The Apollo system (Penumbra Inc, Alameda, California, USA) is a low profile irrigation-aspiration system designed for the evacuation of intracranial hemorrhage. OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the feasibility of using Apollo in combination with cone beam CT guidance. METHODS Parenchymal (n=1) and mixed parenchymal-intraventricular hematomas (n=1) were created in cadaver heads using a ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few data on xenon computed tomography-based quantitative cerebral blood flow (CBF) in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage have been reported. We correlated perihematomal CBF in a retrospective series of 42 subacute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage patients undergoing xenon computed tomography with in-hospital discharge status and mortality. METHODS We calculated 3 ...

Thrombin and iron are two major players in intracerebral hemorrhage-induced brain injury and our recent study found that thrombin contributes to hydrocephalus development in a rat model of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). This study investigated the role of red blood cell (RBC) lysis and iron in hydrocephalus after IVH. There were three parts to this study. First, male Sprague-Dawley rats rec...