Preliminary Report of Full-Endoscopic Spinal Dural Repair Using Double-Arm Sutures With a Biportal Endoscopic System: Technical Note and Feasibility Evaluation in an Ex Vivo Porcine Model
A full-endoscopic suture repair was performed using the inside-out method with the DuraStat double-arm suture under a biportal endoscopic system on the ex Vivo iatrogenic durotomy porcine animal model. The technique was successfully executed with the repair time reduced to less than 10 minutes after a learning curve of 5 trials.
Authors
- Kuo-Hua Chao
- Jui-Jung Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0866-4149)
- CHIUMING CHEN
Institutions
- Tri-Service General Hospital (TW)
- National Defense Medical Center (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Operative Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001793
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00