Microvascular retractor: A new concept of retracting and repositioning cerebral blood vessels

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Youssef, A Samy ^a   Van Loveren, Harry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal carotid artery; Microvascular; Retractor

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR;

ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSURGERY; MINIATURIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 21744434721     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000164457.86335.A3     Document Type: Article

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