Cranionavigator Combining a High-Speed Drill and a Navigation System for Skull Base Surgery: Technical Note

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 701-708

  Ikeda, Kiyonobu ^a   Shoin, Katsuo ^a   Taguchi, Hiroki ^a   Yamano, Jun ^a   Yamashita, Junkoh ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

high speed drill; navigation; skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DRILL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SENSOR; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032887703     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.701     Document Type: Article

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