Polyethylene glycol hydrogel dural sealant may reduce incisional cerebrospinal fluid leak after posterior fossa surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Than, Khoi D ^a,c   Baird, Clinton J ^b   Olivi, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; DuraSeal; Incisional cerebrospinal fluid leak; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GLUE; GLUE; MACROGOL; SEALANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56849102250     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000313116.28200.67     Document Type: Article

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