Extensive tension pneumocephalus complicating continuous lumbar CSF drainage for the management of CSF rhinorrhoea

ORL

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 215-218

  Mirza, Showkat ^a,b   Saeed, S R ^a   Ramsden, R T ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Peter's Basin ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; CSF rhinorrhoea; Lumbar drain; Pneumocephalus; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRAIN; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNER EAR; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MASTOID; NEUROMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TENSION; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0142249931     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073118     Document Type: Article

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