Evaluation of Endoscopic Transnasal versus Non-endoscopic Routes as Surgical Treatment of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea

Surgical management of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea under endoscopic control.

The surgical management of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea has changed after the introduction of functional endoscopic sinus surgery.The following three cases illustrate the repair of CSF leaks with the use of rigid endoscope. Two patients had the diagnosis and the site confirmed after intrathecal fluoresceine saline injection. The obliteration of the CSF was achieved with fat free, mucope...

Endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea

Transnasal endoscopic and combined intra–extranasal approach for the surgical treatment of frontal sinus cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea

The aim of this study was to summarize and analyze the outcomes of frontal sinus cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (FS-CSFR) treated by transnasal endoscopic and combined intra-extranasal approach. Clinical data on 20 cases of FS-CSFR patients from 2005 to 2013, with emphasis on the postoperative complications, clinical outcomes, and key technology involved in the combined intra-extranasal procedu...

Transnasal endoscopic treatment of cerebrospinal fluid leak: 17 years' experience.

Aim of this report is to describe the long-term results of endoscopic endonasal repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak using a septal mucoperichondrial graft. A case series of 52 patients operated for cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea between 1990 and 2006 is presented. All patients underwent surgical treatment for endoscopic endonasal closure of a cerebrospinal fluid leak using a septal mucoperichond...

Endoscopic Transnasal Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea - Analysis of 400 Cases

Objective: To describe our experience and outcome of transnasal endoscopic CSF leak repair in 400 patients. Materials and methods: It was a retrospective study of 400 cases operated over a period of 19 years. Results: 400 patients were reviewed. Of this, 62 % had spontaneous leaks and the rest of patients were found to have leak secondary to trauma. 6 cases were congenital. Age of the patients ...