Cost Effectiveness of Dural Sealants in Endoscopic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Repair

Endoscopic transnasal cerebrospinal fluid leak repair: a 10 year experience.

BACKGROUND Endoscopic techniques have gained popularity for the repair of anterior skull base defects. OBJECTIVE To describe the 10 year experience with endoscopic surgical repair of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea in a tertiary medical center. METHODS The files of all patients who underwent endoscopic transnasal CSF leak repair in our institution between 1996 and 2006 were reviewed. ...

Dural diverticulum with a symptomatic cerebrospinal fluid leak.

A case report of a 63-year-old female patient with a cervical spinal dural diverticulum and intracranial hypotension secondary to a symptomatic CSF leak after minor trauma. The patient responded well after the cervical approach epidural blood patch procedure.

Choice of graft material and postoperative healing in endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak.

OBJECTIVE To compare the postoperative healing profiles of graft materials used for endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study with 1 to 21 months of follow-up. SETTING Tertiary referral, academic medical center. PATIENTS Consecutive sample of patients undergoing endoscopic repair of CSF leak from March 2007 through May 2009. INTERVENTION Endo...

Endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea.

GOAL The purpose of this review was to look at the success rate of transnasal endoscopic repair of CSF rhinorrhoea and the impact of patient factors, repair techniques and adjuvant treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS A literature search was performed on PubMed, Medline and Cochrane Central databases, independently by two of the authors, of all studies reporting the outcomes of CSF rhinorrhoea rep...

Endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea