title: Neurosurgery and iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
abstract: The Neurosurgical Society of Australasia has not recommended that recipients of dura mater grafts be actively sought out and informed, but rather that neurosurgeons should attempt to discover for individual patients whether they have received dura mater grafts.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Unit, Woden Valley Hospital, Canberra.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Newcombe
mesh_terms: D003094:Collagen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000635:transmission*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D011183:Postoperative Complications
chemical_list: C032281:Lyodura; D003094:Collagen