Use of ligamentum nuchae graft for dural closure in posterior fossa surgery. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-156

  Kosnik, Edward J ^a,b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dural closure; Ligamentum nuchae; Posterior fossa surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LIQUORRHEA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031804140     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.1.0155     Document Type: Article

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