// {"id":2573,"date":"2013-11-05T10:34:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T08:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neuroxeirourgos.gr\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2019-05-16T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:14:53","slug":"ti-rolo-pezi-to-somatiko-varos-stis-pathisis-tis-spondilikis-stilis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neuroxeirourgos.gr\/en\/ti-rolo-pezi-to-somatiko-varos-stis-pathisis-tis-spondilikis-stilis\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in modern neurosurgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1762, Dr. Hunter wrote about surgeries in general: \u201cKnowledge will turn surgeries into operations without a knife and with no blood loss!\u201d The end of the 20th century was marked by the establishment of the laparoscopy. Since then, operations are being performed with the smallest incision possible. At the same time, along with minimally invasive surgeries, \u039cinimal Invasive Neurosurgery started to develop regarding brain and spinal diseases. Rapid technological advancements boosted the application of this concept in almost every neurosurgical disease, spanning across the most common one to the rarest one.<\/p>\n

Brain Minimally Invasive Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Modern models of Neuronavigation help the neurosurgeon to navigate in the treatment, even of the most inaccessible brain damages from craniotomies of a few square centimeters (keyhole craniotomy). Benign (meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, hemangioblastomas) and malignant
\n(astrocytomas) brain tumors, primary or secondary (brain metastases), aneurysms, and arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are nowadays surgically treated with the assistance of Neuronavigation and microsurgery tools under a surgical microscope.<\/p>\n

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