Severe cerebral complications secondary to perforation injury of the anterior skull base during sinonasal surgery: an underappreciated problem?

Functional endonasal sinus surgery (FESS) is widely practiced and is considered a generally safe procedure. Skull base injuries occur in less than 1% of procedures and are typically associated with cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Rarely, skull base injuries might result in cerebral lesions. Here we present a series of four patients with iatrogenic perforating injuries of the anterior skull base and cerebral lesions after routine FESS.
Source: World Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research