title: The endoscopic intraventricular management of pineal cysts: a minimally invasive modus operandi.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The management of pineal cysts is still debatable, especially for asymptomatic incidental ones. For symptomatic cysts associated with hydrocephalus, the surgical management is mandatory and may include either classical microsurgical approaches to the pineal region or endoscopic trans-ventricular approaches in a minimally invasive philosophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors expose a stepwise technique to treat a pineal cyst associated with an obstructive hydrocephalus in one procedure gathering a third ventriculostomy followed by an intraventricular marsupialisation of the pineal cyst.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This endoscopic approach allows the treatment of the hydrocephalus and the pineal cyst in one short minimally invasive procedure.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Pierre Wertheimer Neurological and Neurosurgical Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, berhouma.moncef@yahoo.fr.
authors: Moncef
authors: M
authors: Berhouma
authors: Hongyang
authors: H
authors: Ni
authors: Bernard
authors: B
authors: Vallee
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods*