This letter comments on an earlier paper describing infection in a craniotomy wound that was probably the consequence of the use of bone dust to plug burr hole defects. Relevant experiences of the late Mr. Valentine Logue, Director of... more
This letter comments on an earlier paper describing infection in a craniotomy wound that was probably the consequence of the use of bone dust to plug burr hole defects.
Relevant experiences of the late Mr. Valentine Logue, Director of Neurosurgery Institute of Neurology at Queen Square, London and the late Dr. M. Sambasivan, Professor of Neurosurgery at Trivandrum Medical College Hospital are described.
Whilst Mr. Logue strove to remove the last speck of bone dust from the craniotomy wound, Dr. Sambasivan used it extensively, also advocating its use as a haemostatic agent in the days when gelfoam(R) and surgicel(R) were not available easily in India.
