Technical note: the use of nitroglycerin ointment after precarious neurosurgical wound closure.
It is suggested that the application of nitroglycerin ointment to neurosurgical wound closure exhibiting skin pallor or cyanosis can minimize necrosis and dehiscence. Examples of the use of this agent in patients undergoing myelomeningocele closure as well as in a premature infant undergoing ventriculoperitoneal shunting are described.
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery*; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009824:Ointments; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*
D009824:Ointments; D005996:Nitroglycerin