Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

A new bio-glue for neurosurgical wound closures

1 May 2018 |

Dural closures need to be tight to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Traditional wound closure techniques involve sutures and DuraSeal which is the only FDA approved polyglycol hydrogel sealant with proven safety and efficacy profile. This article describes a new sealant,...

Skull base imaging: a review

1 May 2018 | | Cerebrospinal fluid, Contrast-enhanced computed tomography, Gadolinium contrast, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Magnetic resonance imaging, Perineural tumor, Skull base

This excellent review paper describes the anatomy, imaging protocols and differentiating imaging findings on CT and MRI in myriad skull base lesions. Skull base protocol MRI and thin section CT are required to evaluate all skull base lesions. According to...

Multi-layered repair of lateral sphenoid CSF rhinorrhoea

1 March 2018 | | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Lateral sphenoid encephalocele, Nasoseptal flap

This case series describes the author’s results with repairing lateral sphenoid encephalocoeles in seven patients. Alloderm inlay with abdominal fat onlay and nasoseptal flap onlay repair resulted in a 100% success rate with no recurrence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea,...