Frameless free-hand maneuvering of a small-diameter rigid-rod neuroendoscope with a working channel used during high-resolution imaging: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Oi, Shizuo ^a   Samii, Amir ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Free hand technique; High resolution imaging; Neuroendoscopic surgery; Rigid rod neuroendoscope

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FORCEPS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOSCOPE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEUROENDOSCOPES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 26944443153     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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