Fibrin sealant augmentation with autologous pericranium for duraplasty after suboccipital decompression in Chiari 1 patients: A case series

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lam, Fred C ^a   Penumaka, Anirudh ^a   Chen, Clark C ^b   Fischer, Edwin G ^a   Kasper, Ekkehard M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous pericranium; chiari malformation; dural sealant; duraplasty

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; AUTOLOGOUS PERICRANIUM; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DURAPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBOCCIPITAL DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875130572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.106262     Document Type: Article

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