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Table-fixed retractor system for noncranial surgery. Technical note.

Abstract

A retractor system based on the principle of table fixation of the retraction device has been fabricated and utilized in a broad range of noncranial procedures. Based on the refinement of self-retaining brain retractor methods, this device allows an atraumatic fixed exposure without the danger of "self-retained devices" impaling soft tissue and the compromises of hand-held retractors.

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R L Saunders. 1986. Table-fixed retractor system for noncranial surgery. Technical note.. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1986.64.5.0819

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