Medizinische Implantate und Chirurgie

Abstrakt

Epidural fibrosis arises in most operated columns and involves the replacement of normal epidural fat by postoperative fibrotic tissue

Arrotegui I

Peridural fibrosis is a major obstacle for a successful spinal surgery. The most common surgical method used for the treatment of spinal disorder is Lumbar discectomy. After the initial surgical intervention, approximately 20% of patients will undergo revision surgery within 5 years. The common attributes of surgical failure after performing lumbar discectomy are peridural, epidural and perineural scarring. On economic evaluation of a method of adhesion prevention, which is defunct in market has demonstrated that for every 1 guilder of investment in the product (ata cost of 1000 NG per operation) approximately 1.8 guilder of saving is achieved