[The rhinosurgical management of nasal liquorrhoea (author's transl)].

Rhinoliquorrhoea is the leading symptome of an osteodural defect of the base of the skull, the pneumatic system of the rhinobasis being affected. Surgical attention to these defects is largely the responsibility of the rhinosurgeon. Following a description of the under-lying causes of this condition in the patients treated by us, details are given of the procedures undertaken to establish diagnosis of liquorrhoea, its localization. The indications, timing and technique of rhinosurgical treatment are discussed. Finally, some characteristic clinical cases are reported.