Benign intracranial hypertension with recurrent spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea treated by laparoscopic gastric banding

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 616-618

  Stangherlin, P ^a,d   Ledeghen, S ^a,b   Scordidis, V ^c   Rubay, R ^a  

^a Hopital St Joseph   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Notre Dame et Reine Fabiola   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cerebrospinal fluid; Morbid obesity; Pseudotumor cerebri; Rhinorrhea

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849101720     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2008.11680302     Document Type: Article

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