RE: Non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: diagnosis and management
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Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: diagnosis and management.
Advances in imaging and endoscopic techniques have improved the ability to diagnose, localize, and treat in a less morbid fashion CSF leaks of the anterior skull base. An appreciation for the mechanism of leak and of the relationship between CSF production and absorption must be kept in mind when individualizing a repair. Increased CSF pressure caused by overproduction or underabsorption may re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.515