Subtotal petrosectomy in the treatment of cerebrospinal fluid fistulae of the lateral skull base

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 496-500

  Hamilton, J W ^a,b   Foy, P M ^a   Lesser, T H J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid fistula; Mastoid obliteration; Meningitis; Subtotal petrosectomy

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031457697     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699745646     Document Type: Article

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