Endoscopy and MIS in Neurosurgery
The utilization of neuroendoscopes in neurosurgery is a remarkable advancement. It limits neural injury and maximizes the view of operative areas in the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves, which may be remote. The entrance and approaches to ventricles and cisterns have become attractive and easier. Devising optic endoscopic lenses—long and angled instruments—changed endoscopic neurosurgery into a very versatile super‐specialty. In this chapter, we will first discuss the history of neuroendoscopy; later, its utility in hydrocephalus, skull base surgery, neuro‐oncological surgery, aneurysm surgery, craniosynostosis, and transcranial cystic lesion treatment will be discussed. Some important endoscopic operations will be discussed with relevant anatomical landmarks. In the later part of the chapter, we will address spinal endoscopy and peripheral nerve endoscopy.
