====== Choroid plexus cauterization ======

In [[1909]] Allen Buckner Kanavel (1874-1938), a self-instructed innovator in brain, spine and peripheral nerve surgery, is first to describe the infranasal [[transsphenoidal approach]] to the [[pituitary gland]]. With his colleague, urologist Victor Lespinasse, Kanavel attempts unsuccessfully to treat [[hydrocephalus]] in two infants by coagulating the [[choroid plexus]] through a [[cystoscope]] introduced into the [[ventricular system]].
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[[Endoscopic third ventriculostomy]] with [[choroid plexus cauterization]] (ETV/CPC) offers an alternative to [[shunt]] treatment for infantile [[hydrocephalus]]. 


Choroidal plexus coagulation (CPC) refers to a surgical treatment of hydrocephalus in which the [[choroid plexus]] is ablated by coagulation. It can be done via either [[endoscopy]] or [[microscopy]]. [[Choroid plexus extirpation]], [[Choroid plexus cauterization]], and [[Choroid plexus ablation]] are the terms used to describe the operation in the literature.

===== Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization =====

[[Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization]]