Modification of a mechanical twist drill trephine for craniostomy in trauma patients.
A commercially available mechanical twist drill system was modified and evaluated in 35 craniotomies for frontal ventriculostomy in 31 trauma patients. The modified mechanical twist drill enabled faster and seemingly easier and safer craniotomy. It can be used as a safer alternative to common mechanical twist drill trephines, and is particularly recommended in difficult emergency conditions.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Germany.
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MH
Reinges
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V
Rohde
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U
Spetzger
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A
Rübben
J M
JM
Gilsbach
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013552:Swine; D014207:Trephining / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*