Surgical challenge: endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak

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. ...

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

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...

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...