title: A method of enlarging the opening of the third ventricular floor for flexible endoscopic third ventriculostomy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019723:Endoscopes; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*