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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.
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Gudmundsson, G., Søgaard, I. Complications to the use of vicryl-collagen dural substitute. Acta neurochir 132, 145–147 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01404863
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01404863