Open AccessContinuous lumbar drainage for the prevention and management of perioperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage
Author(s) -
Mohamed Hussein,
Mostafa Abdellatif
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_265_18
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , vomiting , cerebrospinal fluid , leak , pneumocephalus , complication , anesthesia , perioperative , nausea , neurosurgery , lumbar , rhinorrhea , environmental engineering , engineering
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is an unfortunate, yet well-recognized complication of skull base fractures, skull base surgeries, and variety of spinal procedures. Continuous lumbar drainage (CLD) of leaking CSF has shown a high success rate with minimal morbidities in handling CSF leak in these patients. Therefore, we conducted this study to illustrate the efficacy of CLD as a prophylactic and therapeutic method for CSF leakage with the assessment of clinical outcome and early postoperative sequel.