Hasegawa T, Yamano K, Miyamori T, Hamada Y
Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama Municipal Hospital, Japan.
J Neurosurg. 1991 Jun;74(6):1009-10. doi: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.6.1009.
A new microsurgical device for delicate brain retraction is described. The device, a micromanipulator with a holder for a brain spatula fixed at the end of a self-retaining retractor arm, allows smooth, steady, fine displacement of the retractor tip ("minimal sliding retraction"), operated by the surgeon's two fingers. This has proved to be a useful and safe method of retraction for critical brain structures such as blood vessels, cranial nerves and aneurysm domes in deep microsurgical fields.
