Open AccessPressure-mounted Cottonoids: Technical Note
Author(s) -
Ehud Arbit
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198212000-00010
Subject(s) - neurovascular bundle , medicine , suction , simplicity , intracranial pressure , surgery , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , engineering
A newly designed cottonoid is fixed to the tip of the suction device by the negative pressure. It is especially useful during microsurgical procedures in areas crowded with neurovascular elements. The advantage of pressure-mounted cottonoids lies in the protection provided to the brain and neurovascular elements during suction, even in the face of high aspiration pressure, and in the simplicity of their use.