[Brain retraction injury].

This review is devoted to various techniques for reduction of brain damage during retraction. Searching for reports was carried out in Russian and English languages using the PubMed database (=721) without restrictions on language, date and study design according to the following keywords: «brain retraction injury», «spatula brain retractors», «tubular brain retractors», «retractorless neurosurgery». Primary screening and exclusion of duplicate manuscripts allowed us to single out the main group of articles (=121).