Tumour resection by stereotactic laser endoscopy

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Recent advances in neuro-imaging have led to the early diagnosis of increasingly smaller and more deeply-seated tumours. Conventional neurosurgical techniques are often not satisfactory to deal with these lesions. The authors describe their preliminary experience with a prototype neuro-endoscope. The technical characteristics of the instrument and description of its use in performing stereotactic laser tumour resection are provided.

Medical Subject Headings

Brain Neoplasms (surgery); Cerebral Ventricles (surgery); Computer Simulation; Cysts (surgery); Endoscopes; Equipment Design; Humans; Hydrocephalus (surgery); Image Processing, Computer-Assisted (instrumentation); Laser Therapy (instrumentation); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (instrumentation); Stereotaxic Techniques (instrumentation)

Publication Date

1-1-1992

Publication Title

Acta neurochirurgica. Supplementum

Volume

54

First Page

77

Last Page

82

PubMed ID

1595413

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1007/978-3-7091-6687-1_11

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