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Abstract Cerebrospinal fluid leak is one of the most disturbing issues that face neurosurgeons. It may threaten patient general condition up to being fatal. Thorough neurological examination and proper investigations should be done to diagnose site of cerebrospinal fluid leak and other other pathologies. The study was conducted upon thirty patients suffered from cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea following head trauma, surgical operations or non-traumatic cases at department of neurosurgery in Cairo University Hospitals to evaluate the role of lumbar drain following surgical repair of cranial CSF fistulae |