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J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2014; 75(02): 151-154
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1320030
Technical Note
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

The Adaptation of a Neuroendoscopic Sheath to a Leksell Stereotactic Frame to Make it Suitable for Approaching Small Ventricles: A Technical Note

Ryuheki Kitai
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
,
Kotaro Nakano
2   Headquarters for Innovative Society-Academia Corporation, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
,
Norichika Hashimoto
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
,
Hidetaka Arishima
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
,
Takahiro Yamauchi
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
,
Yoshifumi Higashino
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
,
Hiroaki Takeuchi
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
,
Ken-Ichiro Kikuta
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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Abstract

Efficient endoscopic surgery in cases involving small ventricles is difficult but possible. The authors describe a neuroendoscopic sheath that has been improved to make it suitable for use with a Leksell stereotactic frame, which enabled us to accurately insert a stereotactic needle into the small ventricle and provided an adequate surgical corridor. A biopsy was performed on a 6-year-old girl who had a primary central nervous system lymphoma in the pineal body without hydrocephalus.

Keywords

neuroendoscope - stereotactic - sheath
 

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