Minimally invasive endoscopic neurosurgery
The minimally invasive endoscopic neurosurgery means Enzephaloskop or ventriculoscope is a special neurosurgical procedures to investigate the brain interior ( ventricle ) or pathological cavity formation in the brain (for example, when abscess ).
technology
Rigid and flexible encephaloscopes are used. The rigid ones are mostly placed through a drill hole through the skull bone. The flexible devices, as with a well through a caliber greater needle Liquorpunktion be introduced; for this they usually have no instrumentation channels and can therefore not be used for treatment.
application
The application of minimally invasive endoscopic neurosurgery has so far been limited to appropriate centers and is currently only being researched in part. It is used, among other things, to examine and treat bleeding and inflammation in the area of the ventricles or their immediate vicinity, as well as circulatory disorders of the cerebrospinal fluid .