Factors affecting postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks after retrosigmoidal craniotomy for vestibular schwannomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 874-883

  Stieglitz, Lennart H ^a   Wrede, Karsten H ^a   Gharabaghi, Alireza ^b   Gerganov, Venelin M ^a   Samii, Amir ^a   Samii, Madjid ^a   Luedemann, Wolf O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid fistula; Gamma Knife surgery; Neurofibromatosis Type 2; Retrosigmoidal craniotomy; Rhinorrhea; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSIGMOIDAL CRANIOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349895786     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.JNS081380     Document Type: Article

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