A management algorithm for cerebrospinal fluid leak associated with anterior skull base fractures: Detailed clinical and radiological follow-up

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-238

  Sherif, Camillo ^a,b   Di Ieva, Antonio ^a   Gibson, Daniel ^c   Bita, Pakrah Bodingbauer ^b   Widhalm, Georg ^a   Irena, Krusche Mandl ^a   Erdoes, Jozsef ^a   Gilloon, Benjamin ^c   Matula, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior skull base fractures; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak; Intradural bicoronal approach; Microsurgery; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 TRANSFERRIN; CEFUROXIME; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANOSMIA; ANTERIOR SKULL BASE FRACTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE HYPODENSITY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRADURAL BICORONAL APPROACH; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84862841197     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-011-0352-3     Document Type: Review

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