A new technique of dural closure - Experience with a vicryl mesh

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1074-1079

  Verheggen, R ^a,b   Schulte Baumann, W J ^a   Hahm, G ^a   Lang, J ^a   Freudenthaler, S ^a   Schaake, Th ^a   Markakis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dural substitute; Poly p dioxanone (PDS), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks; Posterior fossa surgery; Vicryl (polyglactin 910)

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; POLYGLACTIN; SEALANT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DURA MATER; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0030714132     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411563     Document Type: Article

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