In the disease we call hydrocephalus, there is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid, that is, CSF. Hydrocephalus is usually treated with surgery in which a device called a shunt is inserted. Of course, although the shunt devices in question are high-tech products, unfortunately, they are devices that can easily become clogged and broken.
If the cause that causes hydrocephalus, that is, the excess of this fluid, is flow difficulties or obstructions in the paths where the fluid circulates; then endoscopic surgery can be used to open these pathways and relieve flow in selected patients. Of course, in this method, it is necessary to make a hole in the skull and enter the brain.
Thanks to endoscopic surgery, which is one of the minimally invasive methods in contemporary surgery, CSF flow paths can be expanded without using shunts, so to speak, by looking behind the corners.
