Closure of cerebrospinal fluid leaks prevents ascending bacterial meningitis

Rhinology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-281

  Bernal Sprekelsen, Manuel ^a   Alobid, Isam ^a   Mullol, Joaquim ^a   Trobat, Francisca ^b   Tomás Barberán, Manuel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; CSF fistula; Endoscopic sinus surgery; FESS; Iatrogenic CSF leak; Meningocele; Meningoencepaholocele; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29744454337     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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