Scaled multiple holes suction tip for microneurosurgery; Technical note

Publication date: Available online 13 June 2017
Source:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Author(s): Abdolkarim Rahmanian
Background and importanceThe suction is the multifunctional "left hand" of a right-handed neurosurgeon to be used for suction, retraction, and dissection. The design of feasible suction tips would ease the microneurosurgical procedures.PresentationWe constructed a new suction tip with 3 and 4 holes in different size. Each hole has a 0.5-mm diameter difference with the next hole enabling the surgeon to adjust the suction power. The scaled multiple suction tip was used in 258 aneurysm and 34 arteriovenous malformation (AVM) microneurosurgical procedures.ConclusionThe new suction tip permits easy and precise adjustment of suction power in microneurosirgical operations. Our scaled 3 and 4-hole suction tip is a simple and useful device for controlling the suction power during the microneurosurgeical procedures.



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