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Recent advances in neuro-imaging have led to the early diagnosis of increasingly smaller and more deeply-seated tumours. Conventional neurosurgical techniques are often not satisfactory to deal with these lesions. The authors describe their preliminary experience with a prototype neuro-endoscope. The technical characterisstics of the instrument and description of its use in performing stereotactic laser tumour resection are provided.
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Hor, F., Desgeorges, M., Rosseau, G.L. (1992). Tumour Resection by Stereotactic Laser Endoscopy. In: Bauer, B.L., Hellwig, D. (eds) Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery I. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 54. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6687-1_11
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