Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistula
Cerebrospinal fluid fistula after spine surgery.
Cerebrospinal fluid fistula after vestibular schwannoma surgery.
Cerebrospinal fluid fistula after endoscopic skull base surgery.
Complications
Treatment
lumbar drainage seems to be effective and safe both in preventing CSF fistula in cases of large dural tears and debilitated/irradiated patients and in treating Cerebrospinal fluid fistulas 1).
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Barbanti Bròdano G, Serchi E, Babbi L, Terzi S, Corghi A, Gasbarrini A, Bandiera S, Griffoni C, Colangeli S, Ghermandi R, Boriani S. Is lumbar drainage of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistula after spine surgery effective? J Neurosurg Sci. 2014 Mar;58(1):23-7. PMID: 24614789.