Sponge pieces as retractors in neurosurgical interventions

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 493-495

  Dagcinar, Adnan ^a   Kaya, Ahmet Hilmi ^a   Senel, Alparslan ^a   Celik, Fahrettin ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Retractor; Sponge material

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COTTON; HYPEREMIA; NEUROSURGERY; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETRACTOR; TECHNOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL SPONGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147142550     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.08.087     Document Type: Article

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