Repair of the persistent cerebrospinal fluid leak with the radial forearm free fascial flap

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1003-1006

  Burkey, Brian B ^a   Gerek, Mustafa ^a,b   Day, Terry ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; OTORRHEA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0033037069     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199906000-00029     Document Type: Article

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