73 Thus, the loss of CSF from the spine can be compensated for by an increase of the vascular component, accounting for the pachymeningeal enhancement, engorgement of venous structures, and pituitary hyperemia; or by an increase in the intracranial CSF component, accounting for the subdural ...
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 ...
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 ...