Traumatic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 857-873

  Prosser, J Drew ^a   Vender, John R ^a   Solares, C Arturo ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; CSF rhinorrhea; Skull base surgery; Skull base trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 TRANSFERRIN; BETA TRACE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORESCEIN; RADIOISOTOPE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOTOMY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 79960995835     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.06.007     Document Type: Review

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