Incidence and management of dural tears in full-endoscopic unilateral laminotomies for bilateral lumbar decompression.
Madeline E GreilJulia BergquistOsama N KashlanWoo-Keun KwonSharon DurfyChristoph P HofstetterPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
In this cohort, sustaining a durotomy increased LOS but, with accompanying intraoperative repair, did not significantly affect rate of complications, revision surgery or functional outcomes. Our method of bimanual endoscopic dural repair provides an effective approach for repair of dural lacerations in interlaminar ULBD cases.