Advances in the management of CSF rhinorrhoea.
Cerebrospinal fluid fistulae are under-diagnosed, difficult to locate and often clinically silent. They are potentially lethal and carry a long-term cumulative risk of meningitis. They should be fully investigated and treated aggressively. Current endoscopic techniques combined with intrathecal fluorescein dye enable most defects to be located and sealed with minimal morbidity.
Swift
Andrew C
AC
Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool L9 7AL.
Foy
Patrick
P
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D019793:Fluorescein; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D003287:Contrast Media; D019793:Fluorescein