(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany Abstract Endoscope-assisted microsurgery combines the advantages of the microscope with those of the endoscope. For dissection of structures which are…
Disorder of the CSF dynamics Cause Neuroendoscopic treatment Yes/no Neuroendoscopic techniques Neuroendoscopic foraminoplasty of foramen of Monro (NEFPFMO) Neuroendoscopic septostomy (NESS) Neuroendoscopic aqueductoplasty (NEAP) Neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomy (NETV) Neuroendoscopic lamina…
Symptoms Pre (n patients) Post (n patients) % (patient free of symptoms) Headaches 83 22 73 Visual troubles 34 4 88 Sphincter troubles 8 4 50 Gait and balance troubles…
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Abstract Neuroendoscopic surgery has evolved from an initially diagnostic modality over a treatment modality for obstructive hydrocephalus…
Fig. 12.1 CSF flow artifact. A 42-year-old patient with noncommunicating hydrocephalus. Axial FLAIR image through the lateral ventricles demonstrates the focal increased signal (arrowheads) within the lateral ventricles above the…
Fig. 19.1 Cystoscopes of 1920s vs. endoscopes of 2000s. (a) A collection of cystoscopes from 1923 (Image courtesy of Dr J.T. Goodrich, from his private collection) (b) ‘Ventriculoscope’. Neuroendoscope that…
Fig. 9.1 Example of a small type II hamartoma suitable for endoscopic treatment. T-2-weighted sagittal (left) and coronal (right) MR images showing a hypothalamic hamartoma with vertical insertion plane and…
Fig. 15.1 Axial T2w MRI of left medium-size Sylvian cyst inducing a shift of midline cerebral structures with compression and distortion of the ipsilateral ventricle. CSF spaces of the convexity…
Fig. 16.1 Diagrams showing the possible endoscopic approaches that can be employed in the removal of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar herniated discs. (a) Anterior, to remove the herniated part of…
Fig. 17.1 Extent of suturectomy in (a) scaphocephaly, (b) trigonocephaly, and (c) frontal plagiocephaly To perform endoscopy and thus claim a “minimally invasive technique” is not a goal in itself….
