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Traumatic CSF Leaks

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The majority of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks result from some form of skull base trauma. Injuries to the base of skull can be the result of accidental injury or intraoperative (iatrogenic) injury. The type of injury can have an important impact on CSF leak management. This chapter reviews the types of traumatic CSF leak and the subsequent treatment options that can be considered.

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  1. Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Corinna G. Levine

  2. Otolaryngology Department, King Fahd Hospital, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammad H. Al-Bar

  3. Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA

    Adam J. Folbe

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Levine, C.G., Al-Bar, M.H., Folbe, A.J. (2022). Traumatic CSF Leaks. In: AlQahtani, A.A., Castelnuovo, P., Casiano, R., Carrau, R.L. (eds) CSF Rhinorrhea. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94781-1_10

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