Thursday, 30 January 2014

Role of Endoscopic surgery in treating intraventricular tumors

Endoscopic procedures are useful in resection of  midline intraventricular tumors, colloid cysts, suprasellar, pineal, tectal lesions,psterior fossa lesion, etc. Better illumination at the depth leads to better visualization of the intraventricular tumors. he endoscope can be used as an adjunt to the operating microscope.

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