Surgical treatment of leakage of cerebrospinal fluid after spinal operation
SONG Xiong-ying
ZHU Yun-long
WANG Xiao-gang
WU Wei-guo
LIU Chun-yang
Abstract：Objective To investigate surgical treatment of leakage of cerebrospinal fluid after spinal operation. Methods There were 7 patients with leakage of cerebrospinal fluid treated by operation from July 2004 to July 2009, including 1 case after thoracic vertebra posterior approach operation and 6 cases after lumbar posterior approach operations. The average age iwas 64.7 years (47-73). Seven patients failed with conservative measurement (adopting body position treatment, pulling out the drainage and pressure dressing ). Sinus tract formed in 1 case after the tube pulled out and two weeks later the sinus failed to heal. The leakage of cerebrospinal fluid happened in 1case. Conservative treatment failed in all 7 cases. Results In all the 7 patients, incision exploration and dural repairs were performed. 4 cases were sutured with sting, 2 cases had fascia patch, 1 case hadartificial dura. There was no one infection in this group. Conclusion Surgical treatment is aneffective method to treat the leakage of cerebrospinal fluid after spinal operation while failed conservative treatments.
Keywords：Spinal operationLeakage of cerebrospinal fluidSurgical treatment
Publication Date：2010-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)