A new flexible fiberoptic ventriculoscope (fiberscope) has been developed for percutaneous endoneurosurgery. This ventriculoscope has a wide channel, of 2.0 mm, allowing the use of a variety of different instruments, including an endoscopic contact Nd-YAG Laser fiber. Using our therapeutic ventriculoscope and contact Nd-YAG Laser fiber, we were successful in carying out choroid plexus coagulation of the lateral ventricles in an infant with toxoplasmosis. After this procedure, production of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) diminished and its protein content gradually decreased. This ventriculoscope was applied safely to a patient in poor condition with hydrocephalus due to intra-ventricular lesions. Percutaneous endoneurosurgical choroid plexus coagulation was useful for this kind of hydrocephalus. This paper describes the device and summarizes its successful use in clinical practice.
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Oka, K., Ohshiro, S., Go, Y., Kin, Y., Tomonaga, M., Mannoji, H., & Daikuzono, N. (1991). New Surgical Therapy for Hydrocephalus: Percutaneous Flexible Endoneurosurgical Choroid Plexus Coagulation. In Hydrocephalus (pp. 692–698). Springer Japan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68156-4_70
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