 The overlying dura was inspected and it was quite thickened, approximately 0.25 cm thick, and it was also highly vascular, and thus a big section of the dura was also trimmed using bipolar cautery followed by scissors, and several pieces of this vascularized dura was resected for pathology. 
The overlying dura was inspected and it was quite thickened , approximately 0.25 cm thick , and it was also highly vascular , and thus a big section of the dura was also trimmed using bipolar cautery followed by scissors , and several pieces of this vascularized dura was resected for pathology .