A New System for Cutting Brain Tissue Preserving Vessels: Water jet cutting
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal Of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 3 (3) , 361-366
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02688698909002816
Abstract
The water jet cutting system allows transaction and dissection of biological structures with little bleeding. Structures of higher tissue rigidity remain unchanged while softer tissues are mechanically dissected. In brain tissue, all vessels larger than 20 μm are left intact after the passage of the jet stream with a pressure of up to 5 bar, and therefore vessels can be isolated selectively from the surrounding tissue. Oedema is present adjacent to the cut and no increase of temperature occurs.Keywords
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