Endoscopic endonasal suturing of dural reconstruction grafts: A novel application of the U-Clip technology - Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-400

  Gardner, Paul ^a   Kassam, Amin ^a,b   Snyderman, Carl ^a   Mintz, Arlan ^a   Carrau, Ricardo ^a   Moossy, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Endonasal approach; Reconstruction; Suture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLIP; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL SUTURING; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MENIERE DISEASE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; VERTIGO;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COLLAGEN; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 38949207948     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/2/0395     Document Type: Article

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