Surgical Neurology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 38-41 , January 2006

Water dissection technique of Toth for opening neurosurgical cleavage planes

  • Laszlo Nagy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurosurgery, MAV Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Keisuke Ishii, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Ayse Karatas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Hu Shen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Janos Vajda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurosurgery, MAV Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • Mika Niemelä, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Juha Jääskeläinen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Juha Hernesniemi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 504270220; fax: +358 9 471 87560.
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  • Szabolcs Toth, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, MAV Hospital, Budapest, Hungary

Received 10 May 2005 ,Accepted 18 August 2005.

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PII: S0090-3019(05)00684-1

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.08.025

Surgical Neurology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 38-41 , January 2006

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