Journal Reviews

Sellar surgery – when to prepare for repair

1 March 2017 | | craniopharyngioma, intraoperative leak, pituitary tumor, postoperative leak, skull base reconstruction

Endoscopic sellar surgery, especially for adenomas, is a relatively safe, straightforward surgery with (mostly) reproducible results and few complications. One of the commonest complications is the creation of a CSF leak with the subsequent need for repair (there is usually...

Improving the temporal contour in reconstruction

1 January 2017 | | Muscle-sparing, pericranial flap, skull base reconstruction, skull base, temporalis muscle flap

A feature of the temporalis flap is the sunken contour left behind. This group from Japan present a variation for filling defects for which we would traditionally use a temporalis muscle containing. The laterally based peri-cranial flap they present uses...