This article is part of the supplement: 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida .

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Trends in neuroendoscopic practice into the 21^st century: a 12 yr review of a single unit's activity

Juliet Clayton , Rohit Sinha and Donald Macarthur

Department of Neurosurgery, West Block, C Floor, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

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from 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Cambridge, UK. 30 August – 2 September 2006

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2006, 3(Suppl 1):S6doi:10.1186/1743-8454-3-S1-S6

Published:	21 December 2006

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Neuroendoscopy was first introduced in the early 20^th century, but with little success due to limitations of the equipment available. Technical advances and the vision of a few pioneers led to the redevelopment of the field in the 1970s. By the end of the 20^th century it had become an established part of general neurosurgical practice and the preferred treatment option for obstructive hydrocephalus. The neurosurgical unit in Nottingham was among the first in the UK to establish a large routine neuroendoscopic practice and was instrumental in extending its applications beyond pure ventriculostomy. Here we report on our trends in neuroendoscopic activity before and after the millennium, over a 12 yr period.