OMG, HELP! Spinal surgery: Overhover retractor and horazip bone cutter
Posted By: Freebie on 2008-02-01
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Subject: OMG, HELP! Spinal surgery: Overhover retractor and horazip bone cutter
We then used s/l overhover retractors to maintain the deeper exposure. The intraspinus ligaments were removed with a Leksell rongeur and then using a s/l horazip bone cut cutter removed the spinous processes.
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