Pilot study of perioperative accidental durotomy: Does the period of postoperative bed rest reduce the incidence of complication?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 800-802

  Low, Jacob Chen Ming ^a   Von Niederhäusern, Belinda ^b   Rutherford, Scott A ^a   King, Andrew T ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidental; CSF leak; Dural tear; Spine

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ARTICLE; BED REST; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE ACCIDENTAL DUROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BED REST; COHORT STUDIES; DURA MATER; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 84889560326     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2013.798858     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Cammisa FP Jr, Girardi FP, Sangani PK, et al. Incidental durotomy in spine surgery. Spine (Philla Pa 1976)2000; 25: 2663-7.
2. Goodkin R, Laska LL. Unintended " incidental " durotomy during surgery of the lumbar spine: medicolegal implications. Surg Neurol 1995; 43: 4-12.
3. Kotilainen E, Valtonen S, Carlson CA. Microsurgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation: follow-up of 237 patients. Acta Neurochir 1993; 120: 143-9.
4. Rampersaud YR, Moro ER, Neary MA, et al. Intraoperative adverse events and related postoperative complications in spine surgery: implications for enhancing patient safety founded on evidencebased protocols. Spine (Philla Pa 1976) 2006; 31: 1503-10.
5. Saxler G, Krämer J, Barden B, et al. The long-term clinical sequelae of incidental durotomy in lumbar disc surgery. Spine (Philla Pa 1976) 2005; 30: 2298-302.
6. Wang JC, Bohlman HH, Riew KD. Dural tears secondary to operations on the lumbar spine. Management and results after a two-year-minimum follow-up of eighty-eight patients. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1998; 80: 1728-32.
7. Tafazal SI, Sell P J. Incidental durotomy in lumbar spine surgery: incidence and management. Eur Spaine J 2005; 14: 287-90.
8. Eismont FJ, Wiesel SW, Rothman R H. Treatment of dural tears associated with spinal surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1981; 63: 1132-6.
9. Hodges SD, Humphreys SC, Eck JC, Covington LA. Management of incidental durotomy without mandatory bed rest. A retrospective review of 20 cases. Spine (Philla Pa 1976) 1999;24:2062-4.
10. Than KD, Wang AC, Etame AB, L a Marca F, Park P. Postoperative management of incidental durotomy in minimally invasive lumbar spinal surgery. Minim Invasive Neurosurg 2008; 51: 263-6.
11. Sin AH, Caldito G, Smith D, et al. Predictive factors for dural tear and cerebrospinal fl uid leakage in patients undergoing lumbar surgery. J Neurosurg Spine 2006; 5: 224-7.
12. Jones AA, Stambough JL, Balderston RA, Rothman RH, Booth RE Jr. Long-term results of lumbar spine surgery complicated by unintended incidental durotomy. Spine (Philla Pa 1976) 1989; 14: 443-6.
13. Guerin P, El Fegoun AB, Obeid I, et al. Incidental durotomy during spine surgery: Incidence, management and complications. A retrospective review. Injury 2012; 43: 397-401.