title: Depth-mark taping on neurosurgical instruments for brain tumor surgery: technical note.
abstract: The authors present a method for applying sterile surgical tape to neurosurgical instruments (suckers and/or ultrasonic surgical implements) as depth gauges in brain tumor surgery. This simple and inexpensive modification is helpful in the achievement of gross anatomic orientation in situations where it is difficult to find anatomic landmarks, e.g., with initial detachment of large meningiomas from the dura in the deep region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. Satoru4756@aol.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Utsuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D053832:Surgical Tape