Brain Tumors

Neuroendoscopic biopsy has some benefits over open surgery

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 27th, 2004

Neuroendoscopic tumor biopsy is less invasive method than open surgery and can treat the hydrocephalus during the same operative procedure. It also has the availability of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology.

"Neuroendoscopy has been shown to be an effective and minimally invasive method in the management of intraventricular tumors. Endoscopic tumor biopsy with or without additional endoscopic procedures such as third ventriculostomy and septostomy can be performed at the same session," scientists writing in the journal Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery report.

"Neuroendoscopic tumor biopsy was performed in 18 patients in our department. Their...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-01-27)

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