Subarachnoid-pleural fistula treated with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: A two-case report and literature review

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Kurata, Yoshiaki ^a   Yoshimoto, Mitsunori ^a   Takebayashi, Tsuneo ^a   Kawaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior thoracic spine surgery; complications; noninvasive positive pressure ventilation; subarachnoid pleural fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; PLEURA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL CAVITY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 77955975315     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181dc57c1     Document Type: Article

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