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Minimally Invasive Surgical Decompression of Occipital Nerves
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Minimally invasive neurosurgery
1The University of Nevada School of Medicine, University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital Medical Center, Valley Hospital Medical Center, Desert Springs Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Surgical Technology International
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
The use of the operating microscope revolutionized neurosurgery. The illumination and magnification al- lowed visualization of the desired area of the brain with much less retraction on normal brain. Microinstrumentation flourished. Various lasers and ultrasonic aspirators were adopted.

