title: Development of a non-tissue adherent neurosurgical patty and an ex vivo testing system to evaluate adherent characteristics.
abstract: Neurosurgical patties are the most frequently used instruments during neurosurgical procedures, and their high performance is required to ensure safe operations. They must offer cushioning, water-absorbing, water-retaining, and non-tissue adherent characteristics. Here, the authors describe a revised neurosurgical patty that is superior in all respects to the conventional patty available in Japan. Patty characteristics were critically and scientifically evaluated using various in vitro assays. Moreover, a novel ex vivo evaluation system focusing on the adherent characteristics of the neurosurgical patty was developed. The proposed assay could provide benchmark data for comparing different neurosurgical patties, offering neurosurgeons objective data on the performance of patties. The newly developed patty was also evaluated in real neurosurgical settings and showed superb performance during various neurosurgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases;
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagaki
authors.forename: Nobuhisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seike
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimine
mesh_terms: D065966:Absorption, Physicochemical; D000268:Adhesiveness; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015503:Surgical Sponges
keywords: gf = grams-force; neurosurgical device; neurosurgical patty; surgical device; surgical technique