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. 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. 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. 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….
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…
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…
81. Massimi L, Di Rocco C, Tamburrini G, Caldarelli M, Iannelli A (2004) Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: complications and failures. Minerva Pediatr 56(2):167–181PubMed 82. Navarro R, Gil-Parra R, Reitman AJ, Olavarria…
Fig. 1.1 Professor Dr. Med. Axel Perneczky (1949–2009) His main fields of activity were microsurgical anatomy and the implicating surgical strategies in neurosurgery, aneurysm and angioma surgery and skull base…
Author No. of patients Age Successful ETV Jones et al. [3] 15 <6 months 7 (47 %) Buxton et al. [22] 4 <1 year 2 (50 %) Cinalli et al….
