PMID- 16547879
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060628
LR  - 20060320
IS  - 0946-7211 (Print)
IS  - 0946-7211 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 1
DP  - 2006 Feb
TI  - Thecaloscopy through sacral bone approaches, cadaver study: further anatomic 
      landmarks.
PG  - 30-3
AB  - Endoscopy of the spinal canal, for interventional studies, diagnosis and therapy, 
      is a scientific topic that has attracted the interest of neurosurgeons, 
      anesthesiologists and orthopedic surgeons for the past twenty years. Endoscopy of 
      the thecal sac was assumed to be less important than endoscopy of the ventricular 
      system by neurosurgeons. Nevertheless, during the last years it has attained 
      increasing scientific interest, firstly because of the introduction of small 
      diameter flexible endoscopes and secondly due to the growing interest for minimal 
      invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in modern neurosurgery. Until now 
      thecaloscopy was performed by the ISGT (International Study Group for 
      Thecaloscopy) using co-axial downward orientated approaches. We have examined 
      transsacral approaches to facilitate the navigation of flexible scopes in the 
      lumbosacral subarachnoid space, and thus we now introduce further recognizable 
      endoscopic anatomic landmarks.
FAU - Mourgela, S
AU  - Mourgela S
AD  - Neurosurgical Department, Agios Savas Anticancer Institute, Athens, Greece. 
      sofiamou@otenet.gr
FAU - Anagnostopoulou, S
AU  - Anagnostopoulou S
FAU - Warnke, J P
AU  - Warnke JP
FAU - Spanos, A
AU  - Spanos A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Minim Invasive Neurosurg
JT  - Minimally invasive neurosurgery : MIN
JID - 9440973
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cadaver
MH  - Cauda Equina/*anatomy & histology
MH  - Dura Mater/anatomy & histology
MH  - Endoscopy/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Sacrum/*surgery
MH  - Spinal Canal/*surgery
MH  - Spinal Nerve Roots/*anatomy & histology
MH  - Subarachnoid Space/anatomy & histology
EDAT- 2006/03/21 09:00
MHDA- 2006/06/29 09:00
CRDT- 2006/03/21 09:00
PHST- 2006/03/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/06/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/03/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1055/s-2006-932147 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2006 Feb;49(1):30-3. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-932147.