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Ultrasonic aspiration in neurosurgery

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A short review describes the equipment of the ultrasonic aspirator CUSA, the microscopic and ultramicroscopic changes of brain tissue exposed to ultrasonic aspiration, as well as the indications and clinical experience in brain tumour operations.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Mario Brock, Ingo Ingwersen & Wolfgang Roggendorf

  2. Hoyer Medizintechnik, Bremen, Germany

    Ingo Ingwersen

  3. Institute of Neuropathology, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, University of Berlin, Berlin, F. R. Germany

    Wolfgang Roggendorf

  4. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinik Steglitz, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, F. R. Germany

    Mario Brock

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Brock, M., Ingwersen, I. & Roggendorf, W. Ultrasonic aspiration in neurosurgery. Neurosurg. Rev. 7, 173–177 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01780701

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