Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-65

  Woodworth, Bradford A ^a   Palmer, James N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated intracranial pressure; Encephalocele; Endoscopic surgery; Intracranial hypertension; Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL SURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149121926     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283200017     Document Type: Review

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