We reviewed the results of acute management of patients who had sustained a dural tear
during an operation on the lumbar spine, and we attempted to determine the long-term …

Study Design: Retrospective multicenter case series study. Objective: Because cervical
dural tears are rare, most surgeons have limited experience with this complication. A …

OBJECT The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to identify risk factors for
incidental durotomies in lumbar spine surgery. The authors hypothesized that the incidence …

Background and Study Object A leak-proof dura closure after elective surgery for intradural
spinal lesions is important to achieve an uncomplicated postoperative course. Because …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objectives. To review the experience of a single
institution with degenerative lumbar surgery and to identify cases of incidental dural tears …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. The aim of this study was to
match risk factors for complications in patients who did and did not sustain a dural tear while …

Dural tear is associated with an increased rate of other per... : Medicine Dural tear is associated
with an increased rate of other perioperative complications in primary lumbar spine surgery for …

Abstract Background Context Unrecognized and inadequately repaired intraoperative
durotomies may lead to cerebrospinal fluid leak, pseudomeningocele, and other …

Dural tears are among the most commonly seen complications in spine surgery. Most
studies in the literature indicate that long‐term outcomes are not negatively affected …

Objective: This study moves beyond previous cohort studies and benchmark data by
studying a population of elective spine surgery from a multicenter registry in an effort to …