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A method of enlarging the opening of the third ventricular floor for flexible endoscopic third ventriculostomy
1Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the Pediatric Neurosurgical Service of the Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, flexible endoscopic III ventriculostomy has been applied in children with noncommunicating hydrocephalus and periaqueductal/pineal tumor. We modified the technique to allow enlargement of the opening of the III ventricular floor. The use of an Atlas Wire Stone Extractor for this purpose is described.