Bovine pericardium for duraplasty: clinical results in 32 patients
| Autor: | Axel Perneczky, Ronald Filippi, Dieter Voth, P. Grunert, Robert Reisch, Manfred Schwarz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Bovine pericardium Adolescent Decompression Dura mater Medical Records Central Nervous System Diseases medicine Pericardium Animals Humans Child Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Bioprosthesis business.industry Infant Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Cardiac surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Treatment Outcome Child Preschool Cattle Female Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery Dura Mater Tissue Preservation business Lumbosacral joint |
| Zdroj: | Neurosurgical review. 24(2-3) |
| ISSN: | 0344-5607 |
| Popis: | Bovine pericardium has been widely used for grafts in cardiac surgery and seems to have suitable properties for use as a dural graft. We report on the use of solvent-preserved, gamma-sterilized Tutoplast bovine pericardium for dural grafts in 32 patients undergoing cranial and spinal operations with the objective of clinically assessing this material and technique by a retrospective analysis. All available records were reviewed and information regarding the indication for grafting, complications, and outcome were collected and analyzed for all patients. Indications for grafting included tethered cord myelolysis, closure of lumbosacral myeloceles, Chiari decompression, posterior fossa craniotomy, supratentorial craniotomy, and trauma. Outcomes were excellent in 31 patients; the one poor outcome was unrelated to surgical closure. The dural graft was not intended for outcome in any patient. Bovine pericardium was found to be a flexible and easily suturable, safe and cost-effective material for duraplasty. These results confirm the excellent suitability of Tutoplast bovine pericardium for dural substitution. |
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