Treatment of anterior skull base defects by a transnasal endoscopic approach in children: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 459-463

  Di Rocco, Federico ^a   Couloigner, Vincent ^a   Dastoli, Patricia ^a   Sainte Rose, Christian ^a   Zerah, Michel ^a   Roger, Gilles ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior fossa; Bone defect; Cerebrospinal fluid leak; External lumbar drain; Infection; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR SKULL BASE DEFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MUCOCELE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE; CELLULOSE, OXIDIZED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649742221     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.PEDS09325     Document Type: Article

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