A new, miniature ultrasonic surgical aspirator with a handpiece designed for transsphenoidal surgery: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 177-179

  Yamasaki, Toshiki ^a   Moritake, Kouzo ^a   Nagai, Hidemasa ^a   Uemura, Takeshi ^a   Shingu, Takashi ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Surgical approach; Transsphenoidal approach; Ultrasonic surgical aspirator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATOR; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEVICE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0038646346     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.1.0177     Document Type: Article

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