Dr Michael Fehlings

eccElearning Spine Surgery Education Programme Faculty

Dr Michael Fehlings is a highly experienced Spine Surgeon and a key member of the eccElearning Spine Surgery Education Programme faculty. The Spine Surgery Education Programme contains 180 Spine Surgery Lectures, and contains Specialist Certificates and the full Postgraduate Diploma in Spine Surgery. The eccElearning Faculty is made up of over 140 expert spine surgeons and educators. They have collectively supported the development of the world’s first comprehensive, online postgraduate education programme in a medical sub-speciality, spine surgery.

Dr Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD

  • Department of Surgery, Toronto Western University Hospital Toronto

Contributions of Dr Michael Fehlings

Dural Repair Techniques and Management of CSF Fistulae Lecture Thumbnail

Lecture: Dural Repair Techniques and Management of CSF Fistulae

DOI 10.28962/01.3.173

This spine surgery lecture covers dural repair techniques and the management of CSF Fistulae. The principles of management of dural tears are discussed, in the acute setting as well as cases when the tears have been missed at the time of surgery and present as a pseudo meningocoele or as a persistent draining CSF fistula. The techniques which are used in the repair and the materials which might be useful are covered. The post-operative management is also discussed in detail with strategies to minimise the chance of failure of repair.