Incidental durotomy is a potential complication encountered in pediatric spine surgery. Direct dural repair technically challenging and thus often performed by the senior surgeon. The simulation represents low-cost but high-fidelity method of teaching practicing for trainees junior surgeons.

STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional study. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and the associated risk factors of pinhole type of durotomy and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage following a simple laminectomy for spinal stenosis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The incidence of spinal stenosis is expected to rise with increasing life expectancy. Moreover, lumbar spinal stenosis ...

A rare neoplasm derived from notochordal remnants, chordoma has a wellcharacterized tendency to recur following an intralesional resection. Margin-free total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) is the only surgical approach associated with no tumor recurrence at follow-up longer than 5 years. Incidental durotomy is a common complication of TES. We report a novel technique to repair incidental durotomie...

Aim: To find the frequency of CSF leakage after primary repair incidental durotomy in lumbar spine surgery with use fibrin glue. Study Design: Descriptive case series. Place and duration study: Neurosurgery Unit 2, Punjab Institute Neurosciences, Lahore General Hospital, from 25-02-2021 to 25-08-2021. Methodology: Sixty five patients admitted for informed written consent was taken. All cases we...

UNLABELLED Lumbar spine surgery for spinal stenosis is a frequently performed procedure and was the fastest growing type of surgery in the US from 1980 to 2000. With increasing surgical invasiveness, postoperative complications also tend to be higher. Cross-sectional imaging techniques (CT and MRI) are more sensitive than radiographs and play an increasingly important role in evaluation of pati...