Continuous lumbar drainage of cerebrospinal fluid in neurosurgical patients.
Continuous spinal drainage of cerebrospinal fluid was used in 50 patients with CSF fistulas both traumatic and postoperative. The method seemed to be helpful in the healing of leaks, thereby rendering surgery unnecessary. It also helped the surgical sealing of long standing tears.
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000628:therapy; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D013997:Time Factors