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Published in: Child's Nervous System 3/2012

01-03-2012 | Case Report

Unusual dural substitute complications in pediatric patients

Authors: Arash Esmaeili, Farideh Nejat, Mohsen Nouri, Maryam Monajemzadeh, Mostafa El Khashab

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 3/2012

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The repair of large cranial or spinal dural defects has especially been a challenge faced by most neurosurgeons. Repair of dural defects is essential to avoid complications such as permanent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, infection, neural herniation and adhesions between neural and overlying tissues [4]. …
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Metadata
Title
Unusual dural substitute complications in pediatric patients
Authors
Arash Esmaeili
Farideh Nejat
Mohsen Nouri
Maryam Monajemzadeh
Mostafa El Khashab
Publication date
01-03-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1679-y

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