Duraplasty in the posterior fossa using a boat-shaped sheet of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene - Technical note

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 379-381

  Shimizu, Satoru ^a   Koizumi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kurita, Mari ^a   Utsuki, Satoshi ^a   Oka, Hidehiro ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duraplasty; Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene; Posterior fossa; Technique

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURA MATER; DURAPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLAS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL BONE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548203865     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.379     Document Type: Article

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