Journal Reviews

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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...

Transnasal endoscopic repair of CSF leaks

1 July 2017 | | Anterior skull base, cerebrospinal fluid leak or fistula, CSF leak or fistula, intrathecal fluorescein, fascia lata

This Italian study was a retrospective review of 110 consecutive patients who underwent repair of their CSF leak via the transnasal endoscopic approach from 2003 to 2013. All surgery was performed by the same primary surgeon and patients with a...