Treatment of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistulas by subarachnoid drainage

Jack McCallum M.D.1, Joseph C. Maroon M.D.1, and Peter J. Jannetta M.D.1
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  • 1 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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434–437
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Volume 42: Issue 4
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1975.42.4.0434
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✓ The authors report the details of the successful treatment of 11 of 12 patients with postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistulas. Continuous lumbar or ventricular fluid drainage was used.

Volume 42: Issue 4 (Apr 1975)

in Journal of Neurosurgery
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