New strategy and therapeutic aspect in neuroendoscopic management of pediatric neurosurgery

Abstract

Following the introduction of neuroendoscopy, the treatment of hydrocephalus and intracranial cysts to establish physiological cerebrospinal fluid circulation by analyzing cerebrospinal fluid dynamics has become possible. Also in the treatment of brain tumors, as minimally invasive preferential management has taken preference, pathological diagnosis by neuroendoscopy and subsequent multimodal treatment have been performed. This article cannot discuss all of the new treatment strategies available using neuroendoscopy. Therefore, we review the latest literature on a new treatment strategy using neuroendoscopy for hydrocephalus after intraventricular haemorrhage in prematurity, third ventriculostomy for Chiari malformation type I associated with hydrocephalus, and a new neuroendoscopic approach for the third ventricle, and lastly, introduce our minimally invasive surgery for sagittal craniosynostosis.