New approach for endoscopic stereotactic brain surgery using high-power laser

Taisuke Otsuki M.D.; Takashi Yoshimoto M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.43886

1 July 1991 New approach for endoscopic stereotactic brain surgery using high-power laser

Taisuke Otsuki M.D., Takashi Yoshimoto M.D.

Proceedings Volume 1420, Optical Fibers in Medicine VI; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43886
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A new approach for the endoscopic stereotactic laser surgery using open-system endoscopy; i.e., employing a stereotactic guiding tube and fine endoscopes, is described. Accurate resection of deep-seated intra-axial brain lesions was achieved using Nd:Yag and CO2 lasers with efficient hemostasis under CT/MR image guidance. Stereotactic endoscopic laser surgery is considered a promising new method for the treatment of deep-seated brain pathologies for which biopsy or irradiation was the only therapeutic method.

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Taisuke Otsuki M.D. and Takashi Yoshimoto M.D. "New approach for endoscopic stereotactic brain surgery using high-power laser", Proc. SPIE 1420, Optical Fibers in Medicine VI, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43886

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