SPONTANEOUS HEMATOMA AS UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF SILASTIC DURAL SUBSTITUTE - REPORT OF 2 CASES

Authors
FONTANA R TALAMONTI G DANGELO V ARENA O MONTE V COLLICE M
Citation
R. Fontana et al., SPONTANEOUS HEMATOMA AS UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF SILASTIC DURAL SUBSTITUTE - REPORT OF 2 CASES, Acta neurochirurgica, 115(1-2), 1992, pp. 64-66
Citations number
7
Journal title
Acta neurochirurgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016268
Volume
115
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1992
Pages
64 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6268(1992)115:1-2<64:SHAUCO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Two cases of an unusual complication of synthetic duraplasty are repor ted. In both cases, patients had been operated on because of meningiom as and dural defects had been repaired with Silastic. Some years later they developed severe graft-related haematomas and were ultimately su ccessfully treated only by the removal of the synthetic grafts. On the basis of this and other clinical experiences, biological dural grafts seem to be preferable to synthetic ones.