"Skull punch" for craniotomy in neonates and infants.
We have designed a new instrument that we have called a "skull punch" which is useful and safe for making a burr hole for a purely osteoplastic craniotomy in neonates and infants. The instrument is described in detail.
Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Takakuradai, Japan.
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Sakamoto
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Kobayashi
D003399:Craniotomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013525:Surgical Instruments