Detection of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Using Ultrasonography of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter

Conclusions: This study demonstrates an increase in ONSD in patients undergoing RALRP. These findings confirm ICP rises to ≥20 mm Hg during RALRP surgery. This increase in ICP is significantly associated with increasing MAP. Patients with intracranial pathology should be counseled to the risks RALRP may pose with regard to intracranial hypertension.
Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research