title: [Diagnosis and therapy experience of cerebrospinal rhinorrhea in 15 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To research the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrospinal rhinorrhea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen cerebrospinal rhinorrhea cases were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 15 cases were cured in follow-up from 3 months to 5 years. Different therapeutic approaches were adopted in these cases: conservative therapeutic (4 cases), external nose approach (7 cases), and endoscopic approach (4 cases).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are several advantages in adopting endoscopic method such as operating simply, small wound, fixing cerebrospinal rhinorrhea position accurately, and fast post-operation recovering. In some cases adopting external nose approach meanwhile can make up the shortcoming of endoscope and improving operation success probability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China. Louweihua2005@sina.com
authors.forename: Weihua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Huiru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yuying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Honghai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies