Neuroendoscopic Management of Intraparenchymal Lesions
Fig. 13.1 (a–c) Depict the sheaths covering the scope harboring suction and dissecting tools constructed for 0° and 30° scopes. The sulcus present in the shaft guides additional instruments to…
Neuroendoscopic Techniques in the Management of Pineal Region Tumors
Types of tumors Japana Koreaa TVGHb Australiac N = 118 N = 125 N = 84 (8.5%) N = 37 1–25 years 1–12 years 1–18 years 1–16 years Pineal tumors 74 (88.1 %) Suprasellar-pineal tumors 10 (11.9 %) …
Integrating Endoscopy in the Technological Environment of the Modern Neurosurgical Operating Room
Fig. 8.1 Typical anatomic landmarks around the foramen of Monro – choroid plexus (cp), thalamostriate vein (tv), fornix (f) “Learning by doing” can have fatal consequences because the possibility to…
Endoscopic Management of Intraventricular Brain Tumors in Children
Fig. 10.1 Contrast-enhanced MRI from a patient with a recurrent cystic craniopharyngioma who presented with visual deterioration. The preoperative image (a) demonstrates the large dimension and mass effect from the…
Current Status and Future Developments of Neuroendoscopically Assisted Neurosurgery
(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…
The Application of Neuroendoscopic Techniques in Improving Altered CSF Physiology
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
