Open AccessFibrin glue in neurosurgery
Author(s) -
Oswaldo Inácio de Tella Júnior,
João F.G.S. Coelho,
Rafi Felicio Bauab Danar,
Fernando Menezes Braga
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v2i3.7
Subject(s) - fibrin glue , neurosurgery , fistula , medicine , surgery , glue , abscess , hemangioma , fibrin , materials science , composite material , immunology
Fourteen patients submited to 16 surgical procedures in which fibrin glue was utilized are reported. The series is composed of 5 cases of acoustic neuromas, 1 empty sella, 1 Meniére syndrome, l CSF traumatic fistula, l orbital and brain abscess, l head injury with orbital reconstruction, l orbital cavernous hemangioma, 2 pituitary tumors and one post-mastmdectomy CSF fistula. The interaction between the use of fibrin glue and the following phenomena: development or persistence of CSF fistula, occurrence of infection and speed of the healing process were studied and, based on thesesresults, its clinicai efficacy was ranked.