The incidence of complications in elective cranial neurosurgery associated with dural closure material: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 278-284

  Walcott, Brian P ^a   Neal, Jonathan B ^a   Sheth, Sameer A ^b   Kahle, Kristopher T ^a   Eskandar, Emad N ^a   Coumans, Jean Valery ^a   Nahed, Brian V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Complication; Craniotomy; Dura; Infection; Pericranium; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DURAL CLOSURE METHOD; DURAL SUBSTITUTE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGICAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; NEUROSURGERY; NONAUTOLOGOUS DURAL CLOSURE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYNTHETIC DURAL GRAFT; VERY ELDERLY;

CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84892416388     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.8.JNS13703     Document Type: Article

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