Treatment of postoperative subgaleal cerebrospinal fluid fistulas by using fibrin sealant. Technical note

T Menovsky; J de Vries; H G Bloss

doi:10.3171/jns.1999.90.6.1143

Treatment of postoperative subgaleal cerebrospinal fluid fistulas by using fibrin sealant. Technical note

J Neurosurg. 1999 Jun;90(6):1143-5. doi: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.6.1143.

Authors

T Menovsky¹, J de Vries, H G Bloss

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Nijmegen St. Radboud, The Netherlands.

PMID: 10350267
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.6.1143

Abstract

The authors describe a simple technique by which a postoperative subgaleal cerebrospinal fluid fistula is treated by local tapping and injection of fibrin sealant through the same needle.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brain / surgery*
Cerebrospinal Fluid*
Drainage
Female
Fibrin Tissue Adhesive / therapeutic use*
Fistula / drug therapy*
Fistula / surgery
Humans
Injections
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Retreatment
Tissue Adhesives / therapeutic use*

Substances

Fibrin Tissue Adhesive
Tissue Adhesives