Operative techniques and instrumentation for neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 907-934

  Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a   Spangler, Wendy ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b McKnight Brain Institute ^*

Author keywords

Cranial surgery; Craniotomy; Instrumentation; Microneurosurgery; Microsurgery; Operative techniques; Surgical instruments; Surgical microscope

Indexed keywords

CRANIOTOMY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141640794     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000086737.96693.0F     Document Type: Review

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