title: Complications to the use of vicryl-collagen dural substitute.
abstract: The authors describe 3 cases of postoperative infection as a complication after the use of vicryl-collagen dural substitute. The substitute had already partially dissolved 2 weeks after surgery with the remnant so densely adherent to the brain surface that it could not be removed without damaging the cortex. This was confirmed microscopically.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Department, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gudmundsson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Søgaard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery; D011098:Polyglactin 910; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D011098:Polyglactin 910