title: Minimally invasive pediatric neurosurgery.
abstract: Advances in technology have facilitated the development of minimally invasive neurosurgical options for the treatment of pediatric neurological disease. This review seeks to familiarize pediatric neurologists with some of the techniques of minimally invasive pediatric neurosurgery, focusing on treatments for hydrocephalus, arachnoid cysts, intracranial mass lesions, and craniosynostosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Neurosurgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Electronic address: lance.governale@nationwidechildrens.org.
authors.forename: Lance S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Governale
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
keywords: arachnoid cyst; craniosynostosis; endoscopy; hydrocephalus; minimally invasive; neurosurgery; pediatric; trans-sphenoidal