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The rubber pledgets are fashioned by cutting circular discs out of the cuff portion of talc-free, partially opaque latex gloves. These pledgets provide a semitranslucent, nonadherent membrane that can be placed between vital neural tissues and a tumor capsule to minimize trauma during dissection. The semitranslucent latex enables visualization of the underlying anatomical structures while also providing a protective surface onto which a suction device can be rested to facilitate clearance of the surgical field.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CLINICAL PRESENTATION<\/jats:title>\n A 56-yr-old woman with left ear tinnitus presented with a 3-cm CPA meningioma. During microsurgical dissection, rubber pledgets were used to preserve the interface between the brain stem, cranial nerves, and tumor capsule. The use of the rubber pledgets appeared to secure the interface between to tumor and the brain while at the same time protecting the cranial nerves, brainstem, and cerebellum.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n Semitranslucent rubber pledgets may facilitate microsurgical dissection of CPA tumors.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ons\/opx090","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,20]],"date-time":"2017-06-20T04:21:12Z","timestamp":1497932472000},"page":"6-9","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Use of Semitranslucent Rubber Pledgets During Microsurgical Dissection of Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors: Technical Note"],"prefix":"10.1227","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Marcus D","family":"Mazur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Ut-ah, Salt Lake City, Utah"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Gurgel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Oto-laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joel D","family":"MacDonald","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Ut-ah, Salt Lake City, Utah"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"bib1-20240910","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2030","DOI":"10.1016\/j.wneu.2015.06.071","article-title":"Minimizing collateral brain injury using a protective layer of fibrin glue: technical note","volume":"84","author":"Basma","year":"2015","journal-title":"World Neurosurg"},{"issue":"2","key":"bib2-20240910","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"344","DOI":"10.1227\/NEU.0b013e31821819a0","article-title":"The impact of minimizing brain retraction in aneurysm surgery: evaluation using magnetic resonance imaging","volume":"69","author":"Krayenb\u00fchl","year":"2011","journal-title":"Neurosurgery"},{"issue":"1","key":"bib3-20240910","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"153","DOI":"10.3171\/2014.12.JNS14917","article-title":"Neurosurgical patties: adhesion and damage mitigation","volume":"123","author":"Stratton-Powell","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Neurosurg"},{"issue":"3","key":"bib4-20240910","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"326","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surneu.2007.12.018","article-title":"Neurosurgical patties and their intraoperative interaction with neural tissue","volume":"71","author":"Menovsky","year":"2009","journal-title":"Surg Neurol"}],"container-title":["Operative Neurosurgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ons\/article-pdf\/14\/1\/6\/30194607\/opx090.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01787389-201801000-00003","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]],"date-time":"2026-08-07T16:50:52Z","timestamp":1786121452000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01787389-201801000-00003"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,20]]},"references-count":4,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ons\/opx090","relation":{},"ISSN":["2332-4252","2332-4260"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2332-4252","type":"print"},{"value":"2332-4260","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,20]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2016-08-26","name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2017-03-23","name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}