Prevention of arachnoiditis and postoperative tethering of the spinal cord with Gore-Tex surgical membrane: An experimental study with rats

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 813-824

  Park, Youn Kwan ^a   Tator, Charles H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collagen coated Vicryl mesh; Dural repair; Dural substitute; Gore Tex surgical membrane; Lyophilized dura; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLITEF; POLYGLACTIN;

ADHESION; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; FREEZE DRYING; INFLAMMATION; LAMINECTOMY; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ARACHNOIDITIS; COLLAGEN; DURA MATER; FEMALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL MESH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031969993     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199804000-00076     Document Type: Article

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