Cerebrospinal fluid leak after cranial base surgery

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Yamakami, Iwao ^a   Serizawa, Tohru ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Takao ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kasori Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid fistula; cranial base surgery; lumbar drainage; rhinorrhea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RHINORRHEA; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL WOUND;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CRANIOTOMY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030023059     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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