Instrumentation in neurosurgery: nurturing the trend toward minimalism.

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Published in World Neurosurg on November 23, 2011

Authors

Parham Yashar1, L Nelson Hopkins

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA; Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Gates Vascular Institute, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, New York, USA.

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