Endoscopic Surgeries

The utilization of endoscopes is the next step in the practice of minimally invasive surgeries. Endoscopes are small cameras on the end of long narrow tubes which can be inserted into the body to assist in the visualization of the surgery. Endoscopic surgeries require smaller incisions and often allow for faster recovery times. The gallery shows the endoscope being applied in brain and ear surgery.

Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia is a painful and often debilitating condition affecting the facial nerve. The endoscopic approach requires a smaller incision and less manipulation of the brain.

Endoscopic Ear Surgery

Endoscopic ear surgery is a new technique for visualizing and operating on the the middle ear.

Removal of bone to enlarge opening into the middle ear.

larged external auditory canal, with exposed ossicles of middle ear.

$Infracochlear Approach to the Inner Ear$

Infracochlear Approach to the Inner Ear

In this case an endoscope provides the surgeon with a view of the surgical area that they would otherwise be unable to see deep inside the patients head.