Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 4 Issue: 1
Outcome of Incidental Unrepaired Dural Tear during Lumbar Spine Surgery: Comparisons of Subfacial Drain with or without Subarachnoid Drain
Javed A Khan1*, Sandip K Yadav2, Rong Tian2, Gang Xia2, Tiantong Xu2 and Yutao Jia2 | |
1Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal | |
2Department of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin Institute of Spine surgery, Tianjin, China | |
Corresponding author : Javed A Khan Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal Tel: 00977-9841302553; E-mail: drjaved123@yahoo.com |
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Received August 14, 2014 Accepted September 19, 2014 Published September 23, 2014 | |
Citation: Khan JA, Yadav SK, Tian R, Xia G, Xu T et al., (2014) Outcome of Incidental Unrepaired Dural Tear during Lumbar Spine Surgery: Comparisons of Subfacial Drain with or without Subarachnoid Drain. J Spine Neurosurg 3:7 doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000169 |
Abstract
Outcome of Incidental Unrepaired Dural Tear during Lumbar Spine Surgery: Comparisons of Subfacial Drain with or without Subarachnoid Drain
To review the incidence of Incidental Dural tear (IDT) and compare the result of Subfacial drain with and without subarachnoid drain in cases of I DT which were not repaired during lumbar spinal surgery.