Endoscopic Brain Surgery

Endoscopic brain surgery is performed to treat wound of the brain and damage to its surrounding structures. It is executed by making an incision in the skull. Persons go through this vital surgery under severe physical circumstances. These include brain hemorrhage, blood clotting, brain tumor, abnormality and weakness of the blood vessels. Skull fractures, chronic facial pain, severe nerve infection, damaged brain tissues are the unavoidable factors that make it necessary for patients to go for endoscopic brain surgery. This mode of brain surgery is also known as minimally invasive neurosurgery.

Advantages of the endoscopic brain surgery

Shortened period of the surgery is an advantage of the endoscopic brain surgery. The time it takes is less than the time required by a traditional brain surgery. It takes one and a half hour to two hours to execute the surgery meticulously.

The larger the incision, the more is the pain due to discomfort. A delicate incision is made to perform the endoscopic surgery of the brain. It causes the patients less discomfort and thereby, less pain.

All surgeries leave the patients with incision scars. In the procedure of an endoscopic brain surgery, the incision mark disappears after a few months of the surgery.

This mode of brain surgery requires the patients to stay in hospital for maximum four to five days. After that they are discharged with a prescription of antibiotics and a set of instructions to be followed at the postoperative stage.

Procedure

The hair is shaved from the area of the scalp to make an incision there. After cleansing the scalp an incision is made through the skull. Then, the endoscopic tube is inserted into the skull through the incision to perform the surgery.

Endoscope that is a thin tube is the key tool in the execution of the endoscopic brain surgery. This surgical tool is attached to a video to provide a vivid and accurate image of the brain and its structure through an incision in the skull. Small tools for cutting or destroying abnormal tumors and tissues are passed through the endoscopic tube. It allows the surgery to be executed with little difficulty. Persons of all age groups from children, adults to the old benefit from the endoscopic surgery of the brain.

Endoscopic brain surgery for hydrocephalus

Endoscopic brain surgery is a recommended treatment for hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus occurs when spinal fluid gets accumulated in the ventricles (fluid spaces) of the brain. The endoscopic approach of the brain surgery is also made to treating brain tumors. The procedure of treatment varies with the problems of the brain. For example, if the hydrocephalus is caused by a blockage, the surgeon creates a tiny hole to drain the spinal fluid from around the area of the blockage.

Recovery

It takes patients a few weeks to recover after the surgery. Though, the recovery period is a bit lengthy, it is faster in comparison to that in case of a traditional brain surgery. The patients are instructed to restrict their movements and activities that may put their brains under stress. Less indulgence in stressful activities and timely intake of medicines will speed up the process of recovery.