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19569946

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
The authors describe a method of harvesting autologous pericranium for duraplasty in patients with Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) that avoids excessive exposure or a second incision. Nonautologous dural grafts have been associated with numerous complications including hemorrhage, bacteria and virus transmission, fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmission, foreign body reaction, systemic immune response, excessive scarring, slower healing, premature graft dissolution, and wound dehiscence. Autogenous tissues have the advantage of being nonimmunogenic, nontoxic, readily available, and inexpensive. Pericranium is a preferred substrate because it is flexible, strong, and easily sutured for a watertight closure. Current literature supports the use of autogenous pericranium for dural grafting in CM-I procedures, but has heretofore failed to provide a method of harvest that avoids the complications associated with a larger exposure or second incision. The authors offer a simple alternative technique for using local pericranium in duraplasty for CM-I or other posterior fossa abnormalities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1547-5654
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Simplified harvest of autologous pericranium for duraplasty in Chiari malformation Type I. Technical note.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. easteven@wfubmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article