Step Back in Order to Go Forward: Willful Enlargement and Sandwich Closure Technique for Spinal Dura Repair after Several Unsuccessful Closure Attempts

Abstract

A CSF leak is a common complication in spine surgery which is usually closed effectivly by suture and/or epidural patches. There is currently no algorithm to treat a recurrent CSF leak that fails to be closed initially. We describe the case of a recurrent cerebrospinal fluid leak that we have successfully treated using an inlay-onlay dural repair technique.

Keywords

CSF leak - spine surgery - Tachosil - dural repair - recurrent CSF leak

Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 29. Dezember 2019

Angenommen: 12. März 2020

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
04. Februar 2021

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