Table 4.
CSF-related complications associated with two different types of dural substitutes in Chiari malformation decompressive surgery
| Reference | Pseudomeningocele | Incisional CSF leak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Group 2 | All | Group 1 | Group 2 | All | |
| Attenello et al. 2009[10] | 4/40 (10%) | 6/27 (24%) | 10/67 (15%) | 2/40 (5%) | 0/27 | 2/67 (3%) |
| Danish et al., 2006[11] | 5/56 (9%) | 5/45 (11%) | 10/101 (10%) | 1/56 (2%) | 1/45 (2%) | 2/101 (2%) |
| Vanaclocha and Saiz-Sapena, 1997[1] | 0/13 | 6/13 (46%) | 5/26 (20%) | 0/13 | 2/13 (15%) | 2/26 (19%) |
| Total | Pericranium 4/53 (8%) | Nonautologus grafts | Pericranium 2/53 (4%) | Nonautologus grafts | ||
| 22/141 (16%) | 3/141 (2%) | |||||