Nasoseptal flap reconstruction of high flow intraoperative cerebral spinal fluid leaks during endoscopic skull base surgery

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 518-521

  Zanation, Adam M ^a   Carrau, Ricardo L ^b   Snyderman, Carl H ^b   Germanwala, Anand V ^a   Gardner, Paul A ^b   Prevedello, Daniel M ^b   Kassam, Amin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF leak; Endoscopic; Meningioma; Nasoseptal flap; Prognosis; Reconstruction; Sinonasal tumor; Skull base; Vascularized flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOSEPTAL FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SURGERY; PROTON THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; AGE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE; SKULL TUMOR; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; NASAL SEPTUM; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL BASE; SKULL NEOPLASMS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449698490     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3378     Document Type: Article

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