Retrospective Analysis of Expansile Duraplasty as Surgical Adjunct After Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury [PDF]
Global Spine JournalStudy Design Retrospective single-center review. Objectives Assess whether expansile duraplasty was associated with greater motor recovery in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) compared with bony decompression alone.
Madeline E Greil, Emily R Hunt
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The ideal selection criteria for duraplasty material in brain surgery: A review
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management, 2020 Brain duraplasty is a dura mater reconstruction procedure conducted following the failure of conventional primary dural closure. The surgeon selects the material to be used during the procedure from allo-, auto-, xenograft or synthesis, based on unclear ...
Hendrikus Masang Ban Bolly +2 more
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Duraplasty with laminoplasty for Hirayama disease: a technical note with a case series [PDF]
Asian Spine JournalHirayama disease, a form of cervical myelopathy predominantly affecting young males, is characterized primarily by distal muscle atrophy in the upper limbs. We investigated the surgical outcomes of duraplasty with laminoplasty for Hirayama disease.
Fadlyansyah Farid +6 more
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Sequential Enlargement of Posterior Fossa After Duraplasty for Chiari Malformation Type 1
World Neurosurgery: X, 2019 Objective: There are several material options for duraplasty in surgery for foramen magnum decompression (FMD). We retrospectively analyzed surgical results and the impact of sequential alteration of posterior fossa (PF) size in patients with Chiari ...
Yasuhiro Takeshima +2 more
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Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Severe Spinal Cord Injury and Neuroplasticity Following Decompressive Laminectomy and Expansive Duraplasty: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Neurology InternationalBackground: Severe spinal cord injury (SCI) represents a debilitating condition with long-term physical and socioeconomic impacts. Understanding the pathophysiology of SCI and therapeutic interventions such as decompressive laminectomy and expansive ...
Eleftherios Archavlis +5 more
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Foramen Magnum Decompression and Duraplasty is Superior to Only Foramen Magnum Decompression in Chiari Malformation Type 1 Associated with Syringomyelia in Adults [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2015 Study DesignRetrospective cohort study.PurposeTo compare surgical results of foramen magnum decompression with and without duraplasty in Chiari malformation type 1 (CM-1) associated syringomyelia (SM).Overview of LiteratureThe optimal surgical treatment ...
Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz +6 more
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Various manifestation of Chiari I malformation in children and improvement after surgery
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2022 Introduction: Chiari I malformation is defined as caudal displacement of the cerebellar tonsils into the foramen magnum. The most commonly associated finding is cervical syringomyelia.
Janez Ravnik +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundDecompressive craniectomy is an important surgical treatment for patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Several reports have been published on the efficacy of non-watertight sutures in duraplasty performed in decompressive ...
Tae Seok Jeong +4 more
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Posterior fossa decompression with and without duraplasty in adults with Chiari malformation type I: comparative study [PDF]
Pan Arab Journal of NeurosurgeryBackground: The widely accepted management for patients with symptomatic Chiari malformation type 1 (CM-I) is the decompression of posterior fossa. Adding duraplasty still has no general consensus.
Hany Elkholy, Osama Elsherif
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Suboccipital decompression with duraplasty is a widely accepted method for treating patients with Chiari malformation type I. However, important details of the duraplasty technique are still controversial.
Artur Balasa +5 more
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