Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Diagnosis: Hydrocephalus, blocked shunt 12-years-old girl with spina bifida, hydrocephalus and shunt Presented with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure due to blocked shunt CT scan showed dilated…
read moreRemoval of disconnected ventricular catheter Diagnosis: hydrocephalus 2-years-old girl Presented with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure CT scan showed dilated ventricles. The ventricular catheter had been disconnected from the shunt…
read moreEndoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Diagnosis: hydrocephalus 8-years-old girl Headaches, seizures, gait ataxia MR: ventriculomegaly, pachymeningitis EQUIPMENT USED Storz Lotta endoscope Bipolar electrode Sharp click-line biopsy forceps Decq forceps 1 mm 3F…
read moreEndoscopic Tumour Biopsy Diagnosis: Low grade glioma 6-year-old girl Unwell, lethargic, vomiting MR scan: hydrocephalus, large infiltrating tumour in left hemisphere extending to left lateral and third ventricle with ventriculomegaly…
read moreEndoscopic removal of colloid cyst Diagnosis: Colloid cyst of the 3rd ventricle 22-year-old man, student Increasing headache, feeling of “pressure in the head”, vomiting MR imaging showed a colloid cyst…
read moreEndoscopic excision of ventricular tumour Diagnosis: Ventricular subependymoma 35-year-old male Headaches, vomiting, papilloedema MR scan: tumour in RT lateral ventricle and hydrocephalus Emergency EVD at first, recovered Endoscopic excision of the…
read moreCombined microscopic/endoscopic removal of hypothalamic hamartoma Diagnosis: Hypothalamic hamartoma 16-year-old girl Refractory gelastic seizures MR scan: hypothalamic hamartoma Combined microscopic/endoscopic excision Seizure free at 3 years EQUIPMENT USED Aesculap Minop…
read moreCraniopharyngioma • 12-year-old boy • Presentation MR scan: large tumour in the suprasellar region extending in the 3rd ventricle, with variable contrast uptake, and hydrocephalus • The Endoscopic CUSA was used to…
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