Risk factors for postoperative CSF leakage after endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery: a meta-analysis and systematic review.

CONCLUSIONS: This comprehensive quantitative assessment of postoperative CSF leakage showed that obesity, perioperative radiotherapy, and high intraoperative CSF flow rate raised the risk of CSF leakage; however, a pedicled vascularized flap can ef- fectively reduce the risk of postoperative CSF leakage. PMID: 32785296 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Rhinology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Rhinology Source Type: research