Topical intranasal fluorescein: The missing partner in algorithms of cerebrospinal fluid fistula detection

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1158-1161

  Saafan, Magdy E ^a   Ragab, Sameh M ^a,b   Albirmawy, Osama A ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cribriform plate; CSF; Endoscope; Ethmoid; Fistula; Fluorescein; Intrathecal; Nose; Rhinorrhea; Sinuses; Skull base; Sphenoid; Topical

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SPHENOID SINUS; SUCTION DRAINAGE; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747185114     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000217532.77298.a8     Document Type: Article

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