ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEUROENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
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…
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Endoscopic 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…
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Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Diagnosis: Dandy Walker Malformation and hydrocephalus 8-month-old girl Macrocephaly Wide based gait and truncal ataxia (caudal vermian syndrome) CT scan: hydrocephalus, Dandy Walker Malformation Endoscopic third ventriculostomy…
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Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Diagnosis: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 75-year-old man Dizziness, gait disorder, intermittent headaches, progressive symptoms over one year MR scan at presentation: large ventricles, periventricular lucency, high flow signal…
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Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Diagnosis: aqueduct stenosis due to quadrigeminal plate lesion 11-year-old boy Headaches for several months MR scan at presentation: large ventricles, periventricular lucency, hamartomatous lesion in the quadrigeminal…
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Septostomy and foraminoplasty Diagnosis: Hydrocephalus due to atresia of Foramen of Monro 35-year-old woman Headaches for 1 month, papilloedema MR scan at presentation: hydrocephalus, large lateral ventricles, small third ventricle…
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Neuroendoscopic lavage of ventricular haemorrhage Diagnosis: Post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus due to neonatal Intra-Ventricular Haemorrhage 41-week gestation female IVH at day 1 MR scan: large intraventricular haematomas in both lateral ventricles At…
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Removal of disconnected ventricular catheter Diagnosis: Hydrocephalus 11-years-old boy Diagnosed some time before with DIPG and hydrocephalus. Shunted. Now presented with blocked shunt During shunt revision the ventricular catheter disconnected…
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Removal 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…
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Endoscopic fenestration of suprasellar arachnoid cyst Diagnosis: Suprasellar arachnoid cyst 9-year-old girl Increasing headache for one year MR scan: large suprasellar arachnoid cyst asymmetrical ventricular dilatation Endoscopic ventriculo-cysto-cisternostomy was performed…
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Endoscopic fenestration of middle fossa arachnoid cyst Diagnosis: Middle fossa arachnoid cyst 7-month-old girl Increasing head circumference > 97% MR scan: large middle fossa arachnoid cyst causing midline shift Endoscopic…
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Endoscopic fenestration of intraventricular arachnoid cyst Diagnosis: Intraventricular arachnoid cyst 14-month-old girl Acutely unwell after a fall Bulging fontanelle, sunseting eyes, bradycardia Macrocephaly which had not been investigated CT scan:…
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Endoscope-controlled Supra-cerebellar Infra-tentorial Approach for Excision Of A Pineal Region Cystic Mass Diagnosis: Pineal region cyst 14-year old girl Chronic headaches followed conservatively for 3 years for a stable pineal…
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Endoscopic 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…
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Endoscopic 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…
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Endoscopic 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…
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Craniopharyngioma • 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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Combined 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…
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