Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak and pseudomeningocele formation after posterior fossa tumor resection in children: A retrospective analysis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-174

  Steinbok, P ^a,b   Singhal, A ^a,b   Mills, J ^a,b   Cochrane, D D ^a,b   Price, A V ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Complications; Pediatric brain tumor; Posterior fossa; Pseudomeningocele; Tissue glue

Indexed keywords

TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CANADA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLOSED DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIQUORRHEA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846074351     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0234-0     Document Type: Article

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