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Postoperative Cervical Cord Compression Induced by Hydrogel Dural Sealant (DuraSeal®)

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a potential complication of cranial and spinal surgery. Postoperative CSF leakage can induce delayed healing, wound infection and meningitis. DuraSeal® (Covidien, Waltham, MA, USA) is a synthetic product which has been increasingly used to facilitate watertight r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Si-Hoon, Park, Chan-Woo, Lee, Sang-Gu, Kim, Woo-Kyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24757459
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2013.10.1.44
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Sumario:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a potential complication of cranial and spinal surgery. Postoperative CSF leakage can induce delayed healing, wound infection and meningitis. DuraSeal® (Covidien, Waltham, MA, USA) is a synthetic product which has been increasingly used to facilitate watertight repair of dural defects after cranial and spinal surgery. Despite some advantages of Duraseal®, the authors report a patient who developed cord compression following the use of DuraSeal® in cervical spine surgery in which the expansion of the DuraSeal® was believed to be the causative factor.