Failure Pressures of Dural Repairs in a Porcine Ex Vivo Model: Novel Use of Titanium Clips Versus Tissue Glue.

In this ex vivo model comparing skull base repairs' ability to withstand cerebrospinal fluid leak, the repairs that utilized PEG/CMG tolerated the greatest amount of pressure and was the only repair that exceeded normal physiologic ICP's. Repair methods utilizing glues generally tolerated higher pressures compared to the novel repair using clips alone.