Natura Abhorret a Vacuo- Use of fibrin glue as a filler and sealant in neurosurgical "dead spaces". Technical note

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 897-904

  Cappabianca, Paolo ^a   Esposito, Felice ^a   Magro, Francesco ^a   Cavallo, Luigi Maria ^a   Solari, Domenico ^a   Stella, Lucio ^a   De Divitiis, Oreste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collection; CSF; Fibrin glue; Fistula; Leak; Meningitis; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; SEALANT; THROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LIQUORRHEA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FISTULA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953026335     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0580-2     Document Type: Article

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