title: History of neuroendoscopy.
abstract: Since the beginnings of medicine, physicians have sought minimally invasive ways to peer into body cavities. It is only in the last several decades that the promises of endoscopy have begun to be answered. What follows is a brief outline of the development of endoscopic technology and its application to the nervous system both for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neuroendoscopy, INN, Beth Israel Medical Center, 170 East End Avenue, New York, NY 10128, USA. Rabbott@bethisraelny.org
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000266:history*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*