Skin sealants: An effective option for closing cerebospinal fluid leakage

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 466-468

  Rotenberg, Brian W ^a   Marchie, Anthony ^a   Cusimano, Michael D ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; CYANOACRYLATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13644267766     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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