Step Back in Order to Go Forward: Willful Enlargement and Sandwich Closure Technique for Spinal Dura Repair after Several Unsuccessful Closure Attempts.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg
; 83(1): 66-68, 2022 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33540456
A CSF leak is a common complication in spine surgery which is usually closed effectivly by suture and/or epidural patches. There is currently no algorithm to treat a recurrent CSF leak that fails to be closed initially. We describe the case of a recurrent cerebrospinal fluid leak that we have successfully treated using an inlay-onlay dural repair technique.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Spine
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Dura Mater
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany
Country of publication:
Germany