Nasal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: Critical Review and Surgical Considerations

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-265

  Schlosser, Rodney J ^a   Bolger, William E ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF leak; Encephalocele; Endoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; HUMANS;

EID: 0842277867     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200402000-00015     Document Type: Review

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