Predictive factors for dural tear and cerebrospinal fluid leakage in patients undergoing lumbar surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-227

  Sin, Anthony H ^a   Caldito, Gloria ^a   Smith, Donald ^a   Rashidi, Mahmoud ^a   Willis, Brian ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Complication; Dural tear; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRIN GLUE; HEART ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 33749077934     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.3.224     Document Type: Article

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