Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression: Our Early Experience

Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression: Our Early Experience

Background. Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a widely accepted treatment for neurovascular disorders associated with facial pain and spasm. The endoscope has rapidly become a standard tool in neurosurgical procedures; however, its adoption in lateral approaches to the posterior fossa has been slower. The endoscope is used primarily to assist conventional microscopic techniques. We are inter...

Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach for Pituitary Adenomas: a Prospective Review of Our Early Experience

Background & Aim: Pituitary adenomas are a part of a dissimilar group of benign neoplasms. The development of endoscopic techniques for surgery of paranasal sinuses has increased the opportunity for an endoscopic approach with regard to the pituitary gland. Minimally invasive endoscopic pituitary surgery, in turn, permits a more thorough tumor resection and fewer associated surgical complicatio...

Endoscopic microvascular decompression: a stepwise operative technique.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Microvascular decompression (MVD) of the trigeminal nerve is a widely accepted treatment for patients with trigeminal neuralgia caused by vascular compression. The neuroendoscope is rapidly becoming a complementary tool in minimally invasive neurosurgery of the ventral anterior skull base. Its adoption in the lateral approach to the posterior fossa has been slower and has been u...

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy –our institute experience

The Introduction: With the advances in minimally invasive techniques in past decade, Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has gained popularity and revolutionized the management of hydrocephalus with several advantages, thus became the treatment of choice of obstructive hydrocephalus and for certain selected cases of communicating hydrocephalus. The outcome of this treatment with regard to ag...