New Application of Fibrin Sealant in Neurosurgery

The authors describe new utilizations of a fibrin sealant, Tissucol, in neurosurgery. Intraoperative haemostasis in the case of a chemodectoma of the glomus jugulare, the easy treatment of cerebrospinal fluid subgaleal collections, prevention of the so-called laminectomy membrane, the encasement of unclipped aneurysms, and the theoretical possibilities of preventing seeding from residual portions of medulloblastoma are discussed.