Development of a handpiece and probes for a microsurgical ultrasonic aspirator: Instrumentation and application

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1192-1197

  Sawamura, Yutaka ^a,d   Fukushima, Takanori ^b   Terasaka, Shunsuke ^a   Sugai, Toshiya ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Instrument; Microsurgery; Neoplasm; Neurosurgery; Ultrasonic aspirator

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; GLIOMA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENINGIOMA; MENINGITIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MICROSURGERY; NEEDLES; SUCTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0032702832     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199911000-00035     Document Type: Article

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