Owing to the complexity of spinal surgery,there is a great prevalence of dural tear causing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage.Many studies focused on suture repair for dural tear to stop CSF leak.Now some new treatment strategies have shown a promising effect that is listed as follows:1) creat...
A cerebrospinal fluid leak is also a known complication of post-trauma surgical procedures, endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, operations involving the lumbosacral spine, as well as diagnostic or therapeutic lumbar puncture. The CSF leak incidence after primary spine surgery varies from 5.5% to ...
Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, surrounds the brain and spinal cord, providing protection, buoyancy and hormone transportation. When a tear occurs in the dura mater, a membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord, there is a leak of the cerebrospinal fluid, causing a drop in pressure. This te...
The “false localizing sign” occurs when there is pooling of intrathecally administered contrast or fluid between the spinous processes of C1 and C2 (Figure 7); this is not the CSF leak site, rather likely reflects fluid escaping from a Minimally Invasive Treatment Challenges Multiple ...
CSF rhinorrhea is a condition where cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks through the nose. Normally cerebrospinal fluid is confined to the space around the brain and spinal cord. Due to its close proximity to the sinus and nasal cavity, any opening will allow CSF to leak into it and then drain ...
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Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) LeakSynonyms CSF Leak Definition A syndrome in which a positional headache occurs after a non-lumbar puncture induced CSF leak. Headache will occur out of the blue, normally with no inciting event (although repetitive valsalva maneuvers, cough, sneeze, strain, ...
Posttraumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage frequently complicates skull base fractures. While most CSF leaks will cease without treatment, patients with persistent CSF leaks may be at increased risk for meningitis, and many will require surgical intervention. We reviewed the medical records of 51...
Extended subtotal petrosectomy as a treatment for persistent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorhinorrhoea is presented. Four patients were successfully operated on by this technique, all previously having undergone suboccipital removal of vestibular schwannoma: other interventions used had failed to seal the...
We treated eight patients, operated via the trans-sphenoidal route (five pituitary adenomas, three craniopharyngiomas), for a postoperative CSF leak by CT-guided intrasphenoidal injection of fibrin sealant alone in three cases and fibrin sealant and autologous blood in 5. CT was obtained 10 days...