Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistulas and their treatment.
The incidence of cerebrospinal fluid fistulas on 2150 patients subjected to intracranial supra and subtentorial operations for non-traumatic lesions is reported. This incidence is higher in patients operated for posterior fossa lesions (3.7%) than in those operated for supratentorial lesions (0.94%) and among these is more frequent for frontal localizations. Finally therapeutical methods used for controlling this type of complication are reported.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000601:surgery; D005402:Fistula / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors