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Minimally Invasive Neuro Endoscopy Explained

By Dr. Arun Oommen
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Minimally Invasive Neuro Endoscopy Explained

Neuro endoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical technique that allows neurosurgeons to access and treat conditions inside the brain or spine through very small openings, using a thin tube fitted with a camera and specialized instruments, instead of large open incisions.

Dr. Arun Oommen

Dr Arun Oommen is the consultant neurosurgeon at VPS Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India. After his super specialty training and fellowship training in Neuro endoscopy, he has worked in various super specialty centres before joining Lakeshore hospital. He is an expert in handling various neurosurgical cases and has vast surgical experience in areas like Neuro Oncology, Neuro Trauma and Neuro critical care, Neuro Navigation, Steriotaxic Neurosurgery, Neuro endoscopy, and spine problems including Spine instrumentation. He is the editor cum advisor of Medcrave online journal of Neurology and stroke. He is also the editor of the Open access journal of neurology and Neurosurgery .