Open AccessCerebrospinal fluid dynamics with its surgical implications
Author(s) -
Harold Vasquez,
Yeider Durango-Espinosa,
Ezequiel García-Ballestas,
B. V. Murlimanju,
Andrei Fernandes Joaquim,
Luís Rafael Moscote-Salazar,
Amit Agrawal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
romanian neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-4959
pISSN - 1220-8841
DOI - 10.33962/roneuro-2020-075
Subject(s) - cerebrospinal fluid , neurology , neurosurgery , choroid plexus , intracranial pressure , medicine , pathology , neuroscience , psychology , central nervous system , surgery
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is largely (70-80%) produced by the choroids plexus of the ventricles and is considered as the plasma ultrafiltrate. While CSF formation, circulation, and composition appear to be physiological and physical, its absorption appears to be mainly physical. The formation, composition, circulation, absorption, and changes in pathological conditions of CSF are discussed briefly in this review article. The CSF pressure dynamics studies provide information about the tightness, elastance, or outflow resistance of the CSF in the CNS. We believe that the present study shall help to provide essential details of CSF physiology which are important to many disciplines including radiology, neurology, and neurosurgery.