Endoscopic Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery

Abstract

Microanatomy and endoscopy-adjusted microanatomy using the view of the endoscope for use in endoscopic neurosurgery are of great importance for surgical planning; precise anatomic knowledge with defined landmarks is essential for safe surgery. The high magnification, the limited area of vision, and the lack of three-dimensional vision make endoscopy-adjusted anatomic knowledge and landmarks even more important for endoscopic neurosurgery. Such microanatomic studies may appear theoretical to clinical neurosurgeons; however, in difficult approaches, we all use descriptive and quantitative anatomic data for the preparation of the individual operation and as a “geographic” background for our intraoperative orientation, for example, Lang’s anatomic atlases