Continuous cerebrospinal fluid drainage using a lumbar subarachnoid catheter for cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea after functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
Acta Anaesthesiol Sin
; 40(2): 97-9, 2002 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-12194398
ABSTRACT
Anesthesiologists are frequently consulted for performing lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage to facilitate surgery or manage complications. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a common treatment for chronic sinus diseases. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is a serious complication following FESS and is typically treated with an endonasal free or rotational mucoperichondrial flap. Continuous drainage of CSF with a lumbar subarachnoid catheter has been used in patients who have undergone neurosurgery but it is seldom used in the treatment of post-FESS CSF rhinorrhea. We present a 71-year-old male patient who suffered from CSF rhinorrhea after FESS, and was treated successfully with continuous lumbar CSF drainage. We are of the opinion that continuous CSF drainage with a lumbar subarachnoid catheter is an effective and safe modality of treatment for post-FESS CSF leakage.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Drenagem
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Rinorreia de Líquido Cefalorraquidiano
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Anaesthesiol Sin
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article