title: Xenogeneic pericardium as a dural substitute in reconstruction of suboccipital dura mater in children.
abstract: A 5-year experience with the glutaraldehyde-stabilized freeze-dried radiation-sterilized calf pericardium used as a dural substitute is reported. The structure of pericardium xenograft is compared with other collagenous materials used for duraplasty (allogeneic fascia lata and dura mater) by light and electron microscopy. The special neurosurgical techniques involved in using pericardium xenografts in the reconstruction of suboccipital dura mater in children are presented in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parízek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mĕricka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spacek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nĕmecek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eliás
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sercl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005612:Freeze Drying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous