… types of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas/dural tears (DTs) are encountered during spinal
surgery [Table 1]. The first are deliberate dural … The second are inadvertent dural lacerations …

… Damage to the dura mater often occurs in trauma cases of … from dural tears, or durotomy,
causes cerebrospinal fluid (CSF… Current methods of evaluation and management of dural tears …

… A dural tear resulting in a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a well-known risk of lumbar … the
patient would not be adversely affected by a dural tear. Methods. An institutional review board–…

… Traumatic cervical spinal cord injuries (SCIs) frequently develop dural tears and resultant
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. They are not usually identified with advanced imaging, and …

… In all, 78 of the 85 patients with CSF leakage or dural tear were … that cerebrospinal fluid
leakage caused by dural ossification … Dural tears and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage are …

… and nature of traumatic dural tears and evaluate the complication rate associated with
traumatic dural tears in patients who have undergone surgical treatment for spine injuries. …

… Incidental tear of the dural sac and cerebrospinal fluid leak is an unfortunate … , dural tears
are inevitable and surgeons are likely to encounter increasing numbers of cerebrospinal fluid …

… We reviewed the cases of five consecutive patients with tears of the spinal dura with
postoperative leaks of cerebrospinal fluid. Problems in cluded the persistence of cerebrospinal-fluid …

… 4–5 days, and coverage of the dural tear with fibrin sealant or … cerebrospinal fluid fistula
as a result of a dural tear during an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Although dural tear …

… However, in none of those reports were cervical dural tears the main focus of the report.
The overall prevalence of cerebrospinal fluid leaks during cervical spine surgery in our series …