CT-guided percutaneous fibrin gluetherapy of cerebrospinal fluid leaks in the spine after surgery

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 443-446

  Patel, Mahesh R ^a,b   Caruso, Paul A ^a,b   Yousuf, Naveed ^a,b   Rachlin, Jacob ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033867294     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750443     Document Type: Article

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