The Impact of Intracranial Pressure Telesensors: An Observational Propensity-Matched Control Analysis of Service Demand and Costs.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Implantable telemetric intracranial pressure (ICP) sensors (telesensors) enable routine, noninvasive ICP feedback, aiding clinical decision-making and attribution of pressure-related symptoms in patients with cerebrospinal fluid shunt systems. Here, we aim to explore the impact of these devices on service demand and costs in patients with adult hydrocephalus.

Methods

We performed an observational propensity-matched control study, comparing patients who had an MScio/Sensor Reservoir (Christoph Miethke, GmbH & Co) against those with a nontelemetric reservoir inserted between March 2016 and March 2018. Patients were matched on demographics, diagnosis, shunt-type, and revision status. Service usage was recorded with frequencies of neurosurgical admissio

SUBMITTER: Pandit AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11155581 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature