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Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2007 June;51(2):89-92

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language: English

Anterior sacral meningocele. A case report

Akif Bayar M., Uǧur Yas¸itli, Ayhan Tekiner, Cevdet Gökçek, Nurullah Edebali, Yavuz Erdem, Adil Akkaya

Ministry of Health, Training and Research Hospital Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey

A case of anterior sacral meningocele in a 6-year-old girl is reported. The laminotomies of L5, S1, and S2 vertebrae were performed through a median posterior approach. The communication between the subarachnoid space and the meningocele was closed using dural fibrin patch, which has not yet been described in the literature. The relevant literature is reviewed.