Publications by authors named "Francisco M Marin Laut"

Background: The classic surgical spinal dural closure technique in surgery on intradural lesions is performed with continuous suture or loose stitches using 4-0 to 6-0 polypropylene monofilament or nylon suture. Dural closure with suture causes irritant damage to the dural/arachnoid interface. The penetrating suture causes new dural holes.

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Meningiomas are the most frequent tumors located at the spinal level together with neurinomas and metastases. These tumors tend to be intradural and extramedullar. There are few cases described in the literature with a purely intramedullary location (less than 10 cases) and they are frequently observed in the union craneal-cervical.

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