title: A micromanipulator for precise control of a brain retractor. Technical note.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama Municipal Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamada
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008846:Micromanipulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*