Watertightness and Effectiveness of a Fibrinogen-Based Collagen Fleece (TachoComb®) in Neurosurgery

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 278-281

  Reddy, Marion ^a,c   Schoggl A ^a   Reddy, B ^b   Holzer, Andrea ^a   Saringer, W ^a   Steiger, Christina ^a   Matula, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Dura mater; Fibrinogen based collagen fleece; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; COLLAGEN; FIBRINOGEN; RIBOFLAVIN; TACHOCOMB; THROMBIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TECHNICAL AID; WATER PERMEABILITY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0242408347     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-003-0027-6     Document Type: Article

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