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Cerebrospinal fluid leakage complicating skull base fractures: analysis of 81 cases

dc.contributor.buuauthorYılmazlar, Selçuk
dc.contributor.buuauthorArslan, Erhan
dc.contributor.buuauthorKocaeli, Hasan
dc.contributor.buuauthorDoğan, Şeref
dc.contributor.buuauthorAksoy, Kaya
dc.contributor.buuauthorKorfalı, Ender
dc.contributor.buuauthorDoygum, Muammer
dc.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentNöroşirürji Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-3633-7919
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-5070-2021
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T05:25:38Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T05:25:38Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the results of conservative and surgical management options for traumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage complicating skull base fractures. The subjects were 81 patients who were treated between 1996 and 2003 for CSF leaks that had persisted for 24 h or longer after head injury. For each case the medical records were reviewed, and the data collected were as follows: demographic features, clinical and radiological findings, management options, complications and outcome scores. Analysis was done with patients grouped according to Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score at admission (<= 8 vs >8), and findings for three treatment methods (conservative, CSF drainage, surgery) were evaluated. In 32 cases (39.5%), the CSF leakage resolved spontaneously, and the mean hospital stay for these patients was 14 +/- 11 days. Twenty-four patients (29.6%) were treated by CSF drainage, and seven of these individuals ultimately required surgery to close the leak. Hospital stay was 17 +/- 7 days. Twenty-five patients (30.9%) underwent surgery as the initial treatment step, and the mean hospital stay for these individuals was 15 +/- 9 days. The large majority (74.2%) of patients with admission GCS scores <= 8 had poor outcomes. Compared with this group, a greater proportion of the CSF leaks in the patients with admission GCS scores >8 resolved spontaneously. The factors that had a critical influence on outcome in this series were level of consciousness on admission and presence of additional intracranial pathology associated with CSF leakage within cases of traumatic CSF fistulae due to skull base fractures. Treatment decisions should be dictated by the severity of neurological decline during the emergency period and the presence/absence of associated intracranial lesions. The timing for surgery and CSF drainage procedures must be decided with great care and with a clear strategy. The authors offer a treatment algorithm.
dc.identifier.citationYılmazlar, S. vd. (2006). ''Cerebrospinal fluid leakage complicating skull base fractures: analysis of 81 cases''. Neurosurgical Review, 29(1), 64-71.
dc.identifier.endpage71
dc.identifier.issn0344-5607
dc.identifier.issn1437-2320
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pubmed15937689
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-27944489964
dc.identifier.startpage64
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-005-0396-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10143-005-0396-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/21538
dc.identifier.volume29
dc.identifier.wos000233465600014
dc.indexed.wosSCIE
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.journalNeurosurgical Review
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectNeurosciences & neurology
dc.subjectSurgery
dc.subjectComplication
dc.subjectSkull base fracture
dc.subjectCerebrospinal fluid leakage
dc.subjectAnterior
dc.subjectDiagnosis
dc.subjectMetaanalysis
dc.subjectFistulas
dc.subjectRhinorrhea
dc.subjectManagement
dc.subjectPhylactic antibiotics
dc.subjectSevere head-injurypro
dc.subjectTemporal bone-fractures
dc.subject.scopusCerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea; Ethmoid Bone; Encephalocele
dc.subject.wosClinical neurology
dc.subject.wosSurgery
dc.titleCerebrospinal fluid leakage complicating skull base fractures: analysis of 81 cases
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ2 (Surgery)
dc.wos.quartileQ3 (Clinical neurology)
dspace.entity.typePublication
local.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi/Nöroşirürji Ana Bilim Dalı
local.indexed.atScopus
local.indexed.atWOS

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