Pulsed holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser-induced liquid jet as a novel dissection device in neuroendoscopic surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Nakagawa, Atsuhiro ^a   Hirano, Takayuki ^b   Jokura, Hidefumi ^b   Uenohara, Hiroshi ^b   Ohki, Tomohiro ^b   Hashimoto, Tokitada ^b   Menezes, Viren ^b   Sato, Yasuhiko ^b   Kusaka, Yasuko ^b   Ohyama, Hideki ^b   Saito, Tsutomu ^b   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^b   Shirane, Reizo ^b   Tominaga, Teiji ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dissection; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Neuroendoscopy; Robotic surgery; Shock wave; Waterjet dissector; Yttrium aluminum garnet laser

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CADAVER; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HOLMIUM LASER; JET INJECTION; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RELIABILITY; SAFETY;

EID: 3042651131     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.1.0145     Document Type: Article

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