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Hydrocephalus is a medical condition characterized by enlargement of cerebral ventricles due to abnormal cerebrospinal fluid accumulation. Hydrocephalic women with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts are now surviving to reproductive age, but still there are doubts regarding the mode of delivery, analgesia and anesthesia. Postpartal complications are more frequently described in deliveries ended by cesarean section than in spontaneous vaginal deliveries.

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CT-based navigation systems for intraoperative radiotherapy using the afterloading-flab technique.

Dig Surg

March 2002

Surgical Department, Clinic for General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital Offenbach, Germany.

Introduction: The fact that conventional intraoperative radiotherapy does not give the opportunity to exactly document the radiation volume applied and the dose distribution has been criticized in many ways. We would like to introduce a system for surgical navigation and documentation of flap positioning in intraoperative brachytherapy using the afterloading flap technique.

Methods: Our system consists of an electromagnetic 3D-digitizer and a PC workstation.

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