Current trends in minimally invasive neurosurgery: neuro-endoscopy.

Minimal invasive neurosurgery refers to the technological advances accomplished in refining surgical access thus enabling neurosurgeons to reduce the morbidity and improve the accuracy and quality of neurosurgical procedures. Neuro-endoscopy comprises a promising minimal invasive technique being applied in an increasing amount of cases as diseases of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, brain and spinal tumours, cysts, infections, evacuation of haematomas et al. Representing an important scientific modality neuro-endoscopy favours the rapid recovery of the patient and improves its postoperative quality of life. Personnel training is compulsory so that a safe operative performance is performed. Greater experience in the field would be necessary for broadened applications. Neuro-endoscopy presents exciting scientific possibilities in the future.