Surgical treatment of cerebrospinal fluid fistulae involving lateral extension of the sphenoid sinus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1101-1105

  Landreneau, Fraser E ^a   Mickey, Bruce ^a   Coimbra, Caetano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Fistula; Lateral extension; Middle cranial fossa; Rhinorrhea; Sphenoid sinus; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0031967859     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199805000-00087     Document Type: Article

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