Retractorless brain surgery: technical considerations

Abstract Background Retraction is necessary to access deep areas in the brain and skull base, but prolonged and forceful use of fixed retraction might be injurious. Several techniques were developed, in the concept of minimally invasive neurosurgery, to eliminate or minimize the use of fixed retract...

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Main Authors: Wael Mohamed Nazim, Mohamed Abdelrahman Elborady
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-021-00329-w