Neuroendoscopic Treatment of Colloid Cysts
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…
Neuroendoscopic Instruments and Surgical Technique
(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…
MRI of Patients with 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…
Man-to-Machine Interface in Neuroendoscopy: The Importance of Human Interface in the Development of Neuroendoscopy
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…
Endoscopic Treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartomas
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…
The “Complex” Management of Sylvian Fissure Arachnoid Cysts
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…
Neuroendoscopy in Spinal Pathology: Our Experience, New Trends, and Developments
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…
Endoscopy-Assisted Craniosynostosis Surgery
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….
Current Status and Future Developments of Neuroendoscopic Management of Pituitary Tumours and Craniopharyngiomas
Fig. 5.1 Endoscopic view of the surgical field after the removal of a large pituitary adenoma. Note the residual gland pushed toward the left wall of the sella (a). Endoscopic…
Endoscopic Endonasal Repair of CSF Leak
Fig. 18.1 (a) Representative figure demonstrating an intraoperative stereotactic system that displays the standard orthogonal views based on the preoperative MRI scan. A trajectory view or the intraoperative endoscopic high-definition…
