Orientation of Fibers in Human Dorsal Lumbar Dura Mater in Relation to Lumbar Puncture

Histological and biomechanical study of dura mater applied to the technique of dura splitting decompression in Chiari type I malformation

“…Most of these works concern the lumbar DM and are applied to the comprehension of the post dural puncture headache 13,32 . Dura has also been tested as a potential component of heart valves 24 .…”

Lumbar Puncture and Post-Dural Puncture Headaches: Implications for the Emergency Physician

“…The dura mater is a tubular structure made of dense collagen and elastic fibers. It was originally thought that the fibers were oriented in a direction parallel to the spine, but more recent studies using electron microscopy have shown no particular or consistent pattern of the dural fibers (3,4). The thickness of the posterior dura is also variable and unpredictable, which may have implications in the occurrence of PDPHs (3).…”

Mechanical indicators of injury severity are decreased with increased thecal sac dimension in a bench-top model of contusion type spinal cord injury

“…Nonetheless, these geometries were suitable for illustrating the effect of CSF dimension. The model's biofidelity may be improved using a synthetic dura with direction-dependent properties-a composite material that mimics the anisotropic arrangement of collagen and elastin fibers in the native spinal dura (Haupt and Stofft, 1978;Fink and Walker, 1989;Patin et al, 1993;Runza et al, 1999) may be successful. Similarly, the cord did not mimic the transverse isotropy which results from the longitudinal alignment of axons in the real spinal cord (Galle et al, 2010) and these directional mechanical properties may affect the propagation of pressure waves within the cord and CSF.…”