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Table 6 Key results

From: The foramen ovale: a keyhole to the brain? Computer simulations of percutaneous FO punctures

Target

Approach

Safety

Hippocampus

Hartel

Safe

Ventricle

Hartel + SM

Safe

Amygdala

SM

Safe

Putamen

SM

Safe

Brainstem

Hartel

Unsafe

Sinus cavernosus

Hartel

Unsafe

Nucleus caudatus

SM

Unsafe

Thalamus

Hartel + SM

Unsafe