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Assessment of risk/benefit ratio of lumbar drain following surgical repair of cranial CSF fistulae : A single blinded randomized controlled study /

Ahmed Hossam Eldin Mahmoud Gouda

Assessment of risk/benefit ratio of lumbar drain following surgical repair of cranial CSF fistulae : A single blinded randomized controlled study / تقييم نسبة الفوائد/ المخاطر للدرنقة القطنية بعد الاصلاح الجراحي لناسور السائل المخي بالجمجمة : دراسة مقارنة عشوائية Ahmed Hossam Eldin Mahmoud Gouda ; Supervised Ashraf Hesham Tawfik Abouelnasr , Ahmed Abdallah Soliman Elfiki , Mohammed Hussein Mohamed Ali - Cairo : Ahmed Hossam Eldin Mahmoud Gouda , 2017 - 81 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neurosurgery

Cerebrospinal fluid leak is one of the most disturbing issues that face neurosurgeons. It may threaten patient general condition up to being fatal. Thorough neurological examination and proper investigations should be done to diagnose site of cerebrospinal fluid leak and other other pathologies. The study was conducted upon thirty patients suffered from cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea following head trauma, surgical operations or non-traumatic cases at department of neurosurgery in Cairo University Hospitals to evaluate the role of lumbar drain following surgical repair of cranial CSF fistulae



Cerebrospinal fluid Leak Lumbar drain