Application of neuroendoscopy to intraventricular lesions

Neurosurgery. 2008 Feb:62 Suppl 2:575-97; discussion 597-8. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316262.74843.dd.

Abstract

We present an overview of the history, development, technological advancements, current application, and future trends of cranial endoscopy. Neuroendoscopy provides a safe and effective management modality for the treatment of a variety of intracranial disorders, either tumoral or non-tumoral, congenital, developmental, and degenerative, and its knowledge, indications, and limits are fundamental for the armamentarium of the modern neurosurgeon.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Diseases / surgery*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Central Nervous System Cysts / surgery
  • Cerebral Ventricles / surgery
  • Choroid Plexus / surgery
  • Craniopharyngioma / surgery
  • Fourth Ventricle / surgery
  • Glioma / surgery
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery
  • Hypothalamic Diseases / surgery
  • Neurocysticercosis / surgery
  • Neuroendoscopes
  • Neuroendoscopy*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Optic Chiasm / surgery
  • Optic Nerve Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pinealoma / surgery
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery