La metodica endoscopica negli ultimi anni si è sempre più affermata in campo neurochirurgico e le sue applicazioni si sono sempre più estese. La neuroendoscopia è stata applicata per il trattamento dei tumori endoventricolari dove permette sia la biopsia, o in casi selezionati l'exeresi di piccole neoplasie ed il trattamento contemporaneo dell'idrocefalo associato attraverso una terzoventricolostomia e per il trattamento di lesioni cistiche profonde dove è stato realizzata la biopsia e la aspirazione della cisti. Gli Autori riportano la loro esperienza nel trattamento endoscopico in 18 pazienti di cui 14 portatori di lesioni endoventricolari e 4 neoplasie cistiche profonde.
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