Collagen sponge repair of small cerebrospinal fluid leaks obviates tissue grafts and cerebrospinal fluid diversion after pituitary surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 885-890

  Kelly, Daniel F ^a,b,c   Oskouian, R Jamshid ^a   Fineman, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Collagen sponge; Pituitary adenoma; Titanium mesh; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN IMPLANT; FIBRIN GLUE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHORDOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0034813464     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200110000-00020     Document Type: Article

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