Navigated neuroendoscopy combined with intraoperative magnetic resonance cysternography for treatment of arachnoid cysts

Neuroendoscopy for Intracranial Arachnoid Cysts in Infants: Therapeutic Considerations.

Background The use of the endoscope for various cranial procedures is gradually expanding. Intracranial cystic lesions in the brain are one of the most attractive targets for this minimally invasive procedure, thus avoiding conventional craniotomy. These cystic lesions in the brain, namely arachnoid cysts, are congenital. Surgical treatment depends on clinical presentation, location, and age. P...

Usefulness of neuroendoscopy in treating supracollicular arachnoid cysts--case report.

A 12-year-old girl presented with a supracollicular arachnoid cyst manifesting as a compressive headache. Neurological examination on admission revealed no deficit except bilateral papilledema. Stereotactic cyst puncture failed to perforate the cyst wall. The wall was then punctured using microforceps under neuroendoscopic guidance, followed by cystoperitoneal shunting. Her headache disappeared...

Arachnoid Cysts

The benefits of navigated neuroendoscopy in children with multiloculated hydrocephalus

CONTEXT Multiloculated hydrocephalus remains one of the most challenging neurosurgical problems. In this study, we use frameless navigation during endoscopic interventions to improve the efficiency of operations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Nine navigated endoscopic procedures were performed in 8 children with various forms of multiloculated hydrocephalus from March 2013 to June 2014. Preoperatively...

Arachnoid Cysts

not easily forgotten, and once pictured in the mind's eye by the aid of an accurate description, there can be but little danger that when thereafter encountered they might be mistaken for anything else. Descriptions of such cysts abound in the records of most asylums, and it may be well to open -what I have to say regarding them by quoting a description from the archives of the West Riding Asyl...