Dural Injury During Spinal Surgery and Postoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage: A Single-Center Experience
Although it was difficult to identify the cause of dural injury in more than half of patients, suturing the dura and using polyglycolic acid mesh with fibrin glue was effective. No patients required reoperation, even those who developed cerebrospinal fluid leakage.
Authors
- Fumihito Kasama
- Yuji Kasukawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7008-675X)
- Daisuke Kudo
- Michio Hongo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-2448)
- Naohisa Miyakoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-3350)
- Ryota Kimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-3283)
- Yuichi Ono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9250-457X)
- Hayato Kinoshita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8845-6699)
- Takashi Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-6259)
- Kazuma Kikuchi
Institutions
- Akita University (JP)
- Akita University Hospital (JP)
- Young Invincibles (US)
- Akita Industrial Technology Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-10-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.71878
- Primary Topic
- Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00