title: A new flexible and 360° rotating shaft needle-holder for microneurosurgery: technical note.
abstract: Microsuturing in a narrow and/or a deep operating space is technically challenging and classical microinstruments such as a bayonet microneedle-holder have their limitation, mainly related to their in-built rigidity. In this technical note, a new flexible and 360° rotating shaft microneedle-holder made from nitinol is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. tomas.menovsky@uza.be
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Menovsky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Ridder
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009339:Needles; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*