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Operative interventions on the spinal cord and its nerve roots, and operations on nerves and vascular structures in the vicinity of the spinal cord can, like operations on the brain, be performed microsurgically almost without exception. At present, however, this is still not generally agreed. The most frequently performed spinal operation by neurosurgeons, the operation for prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disk, is still usually carried out macrosurgically.
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Seeger, W. (1982). Introduction. In: Microsurgery of the Spinal Cord and Surrounding Structures. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3091-9_1
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