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Single surgery for repair of tegmen defects and superior semicircular canal dehiscence

1 September 2019 | | Neurotology, Rhinoplasty | cerebrospinal fluid leak or fistula, Encephalocele, Intracranial pressure, Middle cranial fossa, Superior semicircular canal, Temporal bone

This retrospective review of 34 patients undergoing repair of the temporal bone defect via the middle cranial fossa approach provides the author’s management strategy for two problems: superior semicircular canal dehiscence and tegmen defects. The incidence of both these pathologies...