Surgical management of anterior cranial base fractures with cerebrospinal fluid fistulae: A single-institution experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 463-470

  Scholsem, Martin ^a   Scholtes, Felix ^a   Collignon, Frèderick ^a   Robe, Pierre ^a   Dubuisson, Annie ^a   Kaschten, Bruno ^a   Lenelle, Jacques ^a   Martin, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior cranial base fracture; Cerebrospinal fluid fistula; Meningitis; Pneumocephalus; Rhinorrhea; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41749116352     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316014.97926.82     Document Type: Article

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