Application of a hydrogel sealant improves watertight closures of duraplasty onlay grafts in a canine craniotomy model

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 642-650

  Preul, Mark C ^a   Campbell, Patrick K ^b   Bichard, William D ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Confluent Surgical Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Dural repair; Dural sealant; Duraplasty; Epidural adhesion; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; SEALANT;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DOG; DURA MATER; HYDROGEL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CRANIOTOMY; DOGS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HYDROGEL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 34548845329     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/09/0642     Document Type: Article

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