Abstract
Neurosurgery, compared to other medical and surgical specialties, is a relatively recent one. Indeed, it is considered as one of the most rapidly evolving and flourishing. During the second half of the last century and the past few years, this field has made a well noticed advance in evolving ideas and surgical tools in the attempt to attain the lowest rates of morbidity and mortality in a safe, feasible, limited, yet practical way. Among those tools has been the endoscope. It first emerged as a diagnostic tool, shifted with time to become a surgical one, passed through an era of struggle to survive among other practical tools, and lastly has strongly re-emerged and gained popularity as the sole visualizing tool in more neurosurgical approaches.
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De Divitiis, E. (2009). Endoscopy: Principles and Techniques. In: Sindou, M. (eds) Practical Handbook of Neurosurgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-84820-3_2
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