Micro vs. Macrodiscectomy: Does Use of the Microscope Reduce Complication Rates?

The concept of microsurgery has revolutionized surgical techniques across multiple surgical specialties. Over three decades ago neurosurgeons were adapting microsurgical techniques to many pathologies in their cranial practice, and at the 1969 American Association of Neurologic Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurologic Surgeons (CNS) meeting microneurosurgical instrument prototypes and intraoperative microscopes debuted. These tools became staples of the neurosurgical operative armamentarium in subsequent decades [1].

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - November 12, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Meghan E. Murphy, Jeffrey S. Hakim, Panagiotis Kerezoudis, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Daniel S. Ubl, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Mohamad Bydon Source Type: research