Computed tomography evaluation of air cells in the petrous bone: Relationship with postoperative cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 334-338

  Yamakami, Iwao ^a   Uchino, Yoshio ^a   Kobayashi, Eiichi ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air cell; Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea; Complication; Petrous bone; Pneumatization; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CELL; APICAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOID; MASTOID CELL; PERILABYRINTHINE CELL; PETROUS BONE; PETROUS CELL; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKULL SURGERY;

EID: 0041812941     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.334     Document Type: Article

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