Minimally invasive bedside craniotomy using a self-controlling pre- adjustable mechanical twist drill trephine

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 226-230

  Reinges, Marcus H T ^a   Rübben, Alexander ^a   Spetzger, Uwe ^a   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^a   Gilsbach, Joachim M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; Craniotomy; Mechanical twist drill trephine; Minimally invasive neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DRAIN; DRILL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MECHANICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING;

EID: 0032168125     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00456-4     Document Type: Article

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