Skull base cerebrospinal fluid fistulas: A comprehensive diagnostic algorithm

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 669-676

  Zapalac, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Marple, Bradley F ^a,b   Schwade, Nathan D ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ^*

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CISTERNOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SKULL DISEASE; SKULL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036593932     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.125755     Document Type: Article

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