TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Hossam Eldin Hussein Abdelhamid AU - Ashraf Abdellatif Moussa Osman , AU - Maged Labib Boules , AU - Ossama Ali Elshahawy , TI - The role of continuous lumbar drain in management of cerebrospinal fluid leak / PY - 2015/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Hossam Eldin Hussein Abdelhamid , KW - Cerebrospinal fluid KW - Iumbar drain KW - Leak N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neurosurgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Cerebrospinal fluid leak is one of the most disturbing issues that face neurosurgeons. It may threaten patient general condition up to be fatal. Thorough neurological examination and proper investigations should be done to diagnose site of CSF leak and other pathologies.Continuous lumbar drain is used as prophylactic measure and a line of treatment for cerebrospinal {uFB02}uid leak. It may be used pre, intra or post-operative.The study was conducted upon 20 patients at department of neurosurgery in Cairo University Hospitals and department of neurosurgery in Fayoum University Hospitals ER -