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Comparative study of lyophilized human dura mater and lyophilized bovine pericardium as dural substitutes in
A Laun1, J C Tonn, C Jerusalem
1Department of Neurosurgery, Justus-Liebig-Universtität Giessen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
In a prospective, controlled randomized study either lyophilized bovine pericardium or lyophilized human dura mater have been used as a patch for the closure of the dura in 102 patients. The aim of this investigation was to compare both materials in terms of immunogenic response of the patients. The rate of post-operative complications was comparably low in both groups (wound infection in 1/51 patients each). In regard of workability, thickness of the material and flexibility the pericardium patches were judged to be by far superior. Neither signs of a cellular nor of an intesified humoral response could be detected in patients who received the pericardium implants. Thus, lyophilized bovine pericardium seems to be a superior alternative for the surgical repair of dural defects.
