An Operating Microscope for the Fenestration Operation

The fenestration operation for otosclerosis.

The Fenestration Operation for Otosclerosis

Understanding and caring for an operating microscope

An operating or surgical microscope is an optical instrument that provides the surgeon with a stereoscopic, high quality magnified and illuminated image of the small structures in the surgical area. The optical components of a basic stereo microscope consist of the binocular head, a magnification changer, the objective lens and an illuminator which beams light through the objective lens and ont...

On the technique of the fenestration operation.

IT is impossible within the space of one short article to describe fully the technique of the fenestration operation and discuss the merits of the various modifications practised by operators in different countries. Therefore certain points only have been touched upon which seem to have afforded the greatest interest in discussion with many surgeons, and which have seemed to have been the subje...

The Dental Operating Microscope

Endodontic therapy is performed in a naturally dark and confined working space. Operating microscopes were introduced into Endodontics in the early 1990s, and then into endodontic specialty programs in the United States. Since then, operating microscopes have become widely accepted by endodontists and are also increasingly being used by other specialists. The American Association of Endodontist...