Dieter Hellwig – författare

Today the phrase "minimally invasive neurosurgery" characterizes numerous neurosurgical technologies, techniques, and interventions. This book summarizes all facets of this new and rapidly developing field in neurosurgery. Besides neuroendoscopy, the main topics are neuronavigation, functional neurosurgery, radiosurgery, neurotransplantation, and molecular neurosurgery. Although these topics are not discussed in full detail, the state of the art and future perspectives of minimally invasive neurosurgery are presented.

A summary of all facets of this new and rapidly developing field in neurosurgery. Besides neuroendoscopy, the books main topics are neuronavigation, functional neurosurgery, radiosurgery, neurotransplantation, and molecular neurosurgery. Provides a thorough overview of the state of the art and future perspectives in minimally invasive neurosurgery.

In 1992 the Editors published the first volume of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery (MIN I) which described the current state of the art in this rapidly developing field of neurosurgery and reported first clinical experiences with these new technologies. The subject of MIN II is limited to endoscopic anatomy, technical devices and surgical management of disorders suitable for endoscopic procedures. The indications and approaches in different diseases are still highly preliminary and longterm results are not yet available. The clinical value and the benefit to the patients treated with these new techniques must still be proven against the well established standards of microsurgery. This volume presents a critical update of neuroendoscopy.

Endoscopic neurosurgical interventions gain in importance. This book gives adetailed description of the recent indi- cations of endoscopic procedures inmodern neurosurgery. They include endoscopic stereotaxy, endoscopic evacuations of intracerebral hematomas, cysts and abscesses as well as endoscopic interventions on brain tumors. An extended over- view about the usable endoscopes and the operative equipment is pointed out