Polypropylene mesh substitute for the fascial defect after using for the dural repair - Technical note

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-80

  Kudo, Hiroshi ^a   Hanada, Yusei ^a   Ikeda, Mitsuru ^a   Ohta, Kohei ^a   Tamaki, Norihiko ^b  

^a Konan Hospital Foundation Rokko Island Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior sheath of rectus abdominis muscle; Duraplasty; Polypropylene mesh

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033955370     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.77     Document Type: Article

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