Novel multipurpose bipolar instrument for endoscopic neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 270-274

  Riegel, Thomas ^a   Freudenstein, Dirk ^b   Alberti, Olaf ^a   Duffner, Frank ^b   Hellwig, Dieter ^a   Bartel, Volker ^c   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^a   Cohen, Alan R ^d   Levy, Michael L ^d   Bauer, Bernhard L ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bipolar forceps; Complications; Electrosurgery; Endoscopic neurosurgery; Hemostasis; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR MICROFORCEPS; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYST; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISIBILITY;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CYSTS; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THIRD VENTRICLE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0036664407     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200207000-00046     Document Type: Article

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