Endo-Neuro-Sonography: First clinical Series

Problemstellung: The step from micro-neurosurgery toward Endo-Neuro-Surgery meant a step to a minimally invasive technique, but at the same time decreased its safety, which limits its applicability. The goal to further development had therefore been, to make neuro-endoscopy safer. The current concept to establish a guidance system has been done by MR or CT in near real-time at an enormous financial and technical effort. The surgical benefit of this approach is not clear. Another concept therefore was to equip the scope with a sono-guiding system. After laboratory work, in a series of now 70 patients with a broad…