Repair of dural defects in awkward areas - Technical note

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 615-618

  Vanaclocha, V ^a   Saiz N ^a   Panta, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Dura mater surgery; Dural closure, dural suturing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DURA MATER; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MICROSURGERY; SKULL BASE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031879439     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050149     Document Type: Article

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