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Endoscopic
and Minimally Invasive Microsurgical Approaches for Treating Brain
Tumor Patients
Behnam Badie, Nathaniel Brooks, Mark M. Souweidane
Department
of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics,
Room K3/805, Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI
53792, USA; Tel.: +1-608-263-1411; Fax: +1-608-263-1728; E-mail: badie@neurosurg.wisc.edu
[B.B.]. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI [N.B.]. Department of Neurological Surgery, The
Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA [M.M.S.].
Recent
developments in neuroendoscopy and minimally invasive procedures have
greatly impacted the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors.
In this paper, we will review these innovations and discuss how they
have influenced our approach to the treatment of intraventricular and
pituitary tumors.
Finally, the concept of keyhole neurosurgery is illustrated by
discussing “eyebrow
orbitotomy”
approach as an example.
As noninvasive therapeutic alternative become available, future
neurosurgeons will be challenged to develop effective and less
invasive surgical approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of
patients will brain tumors.
Keywords: endoscope,
intraventricular, keyhole, neurosurgery, pituitary
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2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Source: http://ipsapp007.kluweronline.com/IPS/content/ext/x/J/5042/I/124/A/17/abstract.htm
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