Cerebrospinal fluid leakage due to nasoseptal flap partial necrosis: A pitfall for skull base reconstruction of endoscopic endonasal surgery.

Conclusion: Our case suggested that partial rather than total flap necrosis could occur, possibly due to variances of vascular anatomy, leading to focal ischemia. Debridement of the necrotic region may be an important solution for recurrent cerebrospinal leakage secondary to partial necrosis of a nasoseptal flap. PMID: 32494396 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494396?dopt=Abstract

Source: Surgical Neurology International - June 6, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research