VBAS Surgical Applications
VBAS was designed to be used to access surgical sites in the brain in a minimally invasive manner. VBAS provides a minimally traumatic surgical corridor to most areas of the brain and its clear plastic walls facilitate safe direct monitoring of the corridor during and after insertion. The tubular retractor provides rigid, constant and symmetrically distributed pressure on the surrounding brain tissue that is clinically supported to minimize retraction injury. With various sizes ranging from 12mm to 28mm in width and 3cm to 7cm in length, VBAS can be used for many types of procedures from “key hole” endoscopic surgery to removal of large tumors using standard instruments.
As stated in a published article in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, a peer review journal, the goal of minimally invasive surgery is to “reduce surgical morbidity through smaller incisions, tailored craniotomies, and more efficient microsurgical approaches that minimize collateral damage”