Endoscopic ultrasonic aspiration as alternative to more invasive surgery in initial management of optic pathway gliomas in children.
Pietro SpennatoAndrea De RosaGiulia MeccarielloLucia QuagliettaAlessia ImperatoMaria Rosaria ScalaCarmela RussoGiuseppe CinalliPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2022)
Our preliminary results show that the use of endoscopic cavitron aspirator is safe and effective to obtain CSF flow restoration and tumor biopsy (for histological and molecular purposes), avoiding CSF shunt implant in the acute phase and offering the chance to obtain a consistent tumor debulking in a minimally invasive fashion. Neuroendoscopic approach together with modern target therapy offers the opportunity to avoid or delay major surgery.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- ultrasound guided
- fine needle aspiration
- coronary artery bypass
- robot assisted
- young adults
- high grade
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- surgical site infection
- optical coherence tomography
- pulmonary artery
- cerebrospinal fluid
- squamous cell carcinoma
- bone marrow
- soft tissue
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- mesenchymal stem cells
- locally advanced
- smoking cessation