Neuroendoscopic Treatment Research Articles

Value of Constructive Interference in Steady-state, Three-dimensional, Fourier Transformation Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Neuroendoscopic Treatment of Hydrocephalus and Intracranial Cysts

Value of Constructive Interference in Steady-state, Three-dimensional, Fourier Transformation Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Neuroendoscopic Treatment of Hydrocephalus and Intracranial Cysts

Value of Constructive Interference in Steady-state, Three-dimensional, Fourier Transformation Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Neuroendoscopic Treatment of Hydrocephalus and Intracranial Cysts

Value of Constructive Interference in Steady-state, Three-dimensional, Fourier Transformation Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Neuroendoscopic Treatment of Hydrocephalus and Intracranial Cysts

Neuroendoscopic Treatment of Loculated Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Treatment of loculated chronic subdural hematoma using endoscopic operative techniques combined with closed-system draining is a minimally invasive method and a therapeutic alternative to the craniotomy-membranectomy technique.

神経内視鏡による第3脳室コロイド嚢胞の治療経験 : コロイド吸引と被膜切除の工夫

神経内視鏡による第3脳室コロイド嚢胞の治療経験 : コロイド吸引と被膜切除の工夫

Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in a penicillin-allergic paediatric rental transplant patient

Currently in many centres the extended spectrum cephalosporins (e.g. cefotaxime and ceftriaxone) are being used empirically for patients with suspected bacterial meningitis. We present a case of meningitis in a penicillin allergic paediatric renal transplant patient from whose cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Listeria monocytogenes was cultured, despite four days of cefotaxime therapy. The patient was successfully treated with meropenem but required neuro-endoscopic intervention for hydrocephalus.

Stereotactic endoscopic interventions in cystic brain lesions.

Stereotactic endoscopic techniques are extremely helpful in diagnosis and therapy of cystic intracerebral space occupying lesions. Acute space occupying lesions can be managed effectively and without major tissue traumatization. Up to now we have operated on more than 70 cystic intracerebral space occupying lesions with a stereotactic endoscopic technique. The main diagnoses were colloid cysts, cystic craniopharyngeoma, arachnoidal and pineal cysts. In must be stressed that in cystic anaplastic astrocytomas and glioblastomas as well as metastases only an acute inner cerebral decompression can be achieved by neuroendoscopic techniques in combination with the application of reservoir systems. In benign parenchymal or intraventricular cysts neuroendoscopic intervention is performed for definitive treatment. The results are overall encouraging. There was no operative mortality and operative morbidity was below 3%. Postoperative follow-up in patients with benign cysts showed no evidence of recurrence.