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The cerebrospinal fluid fistula. rhinorrhoea, otorrhoea and orbitorrhoea

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Between 1969 and 1979, seventy-nine patients suffering from a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, were operated on in the neurosurgical department of the University Clinic Essen (West Germany). A modified classification, the onset of symptoms and the diagnostic procedures are described and some data are compared with the results of other investigators.

Other methods of closing a CSF fistula and the timing of operation are briefly discussed. Also the case history of a patient with orbitorrhoea is described.

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Zwischen 1969 und 1979 wurden in der neurochirurgischen Universitätsklinik Essen 79 Patienten an einer Liquorfistel operiert. Eine veränderte Einteilung, der Beginn der Symptome und die diagnostischen Untersuchungsmethoden werden besprochen und die Resultate anhand der Literatur miteinander verglichen. Ebenfalls wird ein Patient mit einer orbitalen Liquorrhore vorgestellt.

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  1. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik Essen, Germany

    E. B. Bongartz, H. -E. Nau & J. Liesegang

  2. Municipal Hospital Slotervaart, Louwesweg 6, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    E. B. Bongartz

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Bongartz, E.B., Nau, H.E. & Liesegang, J. The cerebrospinal fluid fistula. rhinorrhoea, otorrhoea and orbitorrhoea. Neurosurg. Rev. 4, 195–200 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01743711

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