A shaft connector configured to connect a shaft that has to be partly inserted through the skull of patient to the skull of the patient, the shaft connector comprising a skull connecting part, a shaft bush with a shaft clamp to fixate a shaft within the shaft bush, a bush clamping device to fixate the shaft bush relative to the skull connecting part so that a settable direction of the bush channel axis relative to the central axis is fixated as desired, an operating provision including a first and a second handle configured and arranged to be engaged by a single hand, the operating provision being configured to bring the bush clamping device from the release position in the clamping position by movement of the first handle relative to the second handle without exerting a force on the skull via the skull connecting part.