Prevention of CSF leak from the spinal operation site due to either traumatic or iatrogenic injury to the Dura.
Background: Cerebrospinal fluid leak is a relatively common problem ranging from 0.5% to 18% with traumatic or incidental injury to the Dura intra-operatively1, 2.Traumatic injury mostly occurs due to mechanical trauma with subsequent thecal sac laceration mainly in the thoracolumbar region.Incidental Dural injury commonly happens in patients under