Duraplasty in the Posterior Fossa Using a Boat-Shaped Sheet of Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene : Technical Note

    • SHIMIZU Satoru
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine
    • KURITA Mari
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine
    • UTSUKI Satoshi
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine
    • OKA Hidehiro
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine
    • FUJII Kiyotaka
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine

Abstract

Application of sutures between expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) dural substitutes and the dura mater is often frustrating in posterior fossa surgery because of the difficulty in holding the elastic graft in a deep and narrow field. To resolve this problem, we have developed a boat-shaped graft made from a triangular ePTFE sheet by pinching each angle using a suture. Formation of standing edges of the sheet facilitates holding of the flaps for secure and more rapid suturing than the conventional approach using a flat sheet.

Journal

神経外科   [List of Volumes]

神経外科 47(8), 379-381, 2007-08-15  [Table of Contents]

The Japan Neurosurgical Society

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  • NII Article ID (NAID) :
    110006368613
  • NII NACSIS-CAT ID (NCID) :
    AN00358613
  • Text Lang :
    ENG
  • Article Type :
    NOT
  • ISSN :
    04708105
  • DOI :
    10.2176/nmc.47.379
  • Databases :
    CJP  NII-ELS  J-STAGE