Management of cerebrospinal fluid leakage complicating anterior procedures through thoracotomy: Report of three cases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 174-176

  Ido, Kazuhiro ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^b   Nakamura, Takashi ^c  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leakage; OK 432; Surgery; Thoracic spine; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; FIBRIN GLUE; PICIBANIL; SEALANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; OSSIFICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PICIBANIL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0036943065     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-001-0196-3     Document Type: Article

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