Publication details
Likvorea u dětských pacientů s kraniocerebrálním poraněním
| Title in English | Likvorea in pediatric patients with craniocerebral injury. |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Úrazová chirurgie |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | likvorea craniocerebral injury fracture of the skull base rhinorrhea otorrhea meningitis childhood skull base duroplasty |
| Description | Fractures of the skull base may occur alone or continuing calvariar fissures into the base of the skull. Dura mater adheres firmly to the cranial base, therefore dural rupture occurs during fractures and intracranium communication with the external environment and likvorea are developed. The authors present a set of 19 pediatric patients suffering from likvorea after the skull base fracture during the period of 7 years. 11 patients experienced otorrhea, 6 patients nasal likvorea and 2 patients a combination of rhinorrhea and otorrhea. In pediatric patients, lower likvorea incidence than in adults is reported. Yet likvorea remains a serious post-traumatic condition, which results in breach of the central nervous system and outer environment barrier with intracranial infection threat. |