Epidural Interlay Graft for Pituitary Surgery: A 4-Year Institutional Experience

Conclusions Simple sellar repair using an epidural interlay graft is highly effective in preventing postoperative CSF leaks, including cases of high-flow intraoperative leaks. More complex repair techniques are reserved for select high-risk cases or those with inadequate sellar bony ledges. With this technique, there has been no postoperative CSF leak at our institution in over 300 consecutive transsphenoidal pituitary surgeries. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base - November 8, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Snyder, Rita Lee, Sungho Athukuri, Prazwal Ngo, Emmeline Monique Tan Fox, Meha Goyal Fakhri, Samer Takashima, Masayoshi Force, Bahar Kapoor Samson, Susan Leanne Gallagher, Kathleen Kelly Yoshor, Daniel Jalali, Ali Tags: Original Article Source Type: research