Factors associated with cerebrospinal fluid leak after a retrosigmoid approach for cerebellopontine angle surgery

CONCLUSION: Patients submitted to craniectomy and patients who underwent a second surgery showed an higher CSF leak rate. Ongoing improvement of biomaterial technology may help neurosurgeons to prevent this potentially life-threatening complication.PMID:34221589 | PMC:PMC8247722 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_42_2021

Source: Surgical Neurology International - July 5, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Nicola Montano Francesco Signorelli Martina Giordano Federica Ginevra D'Onofrio Alessandro Izzo Manuela D'Ercole Eleonora Ioannoni Giovanni Pennisi Anselmo Caricato Roberto Pallini Alessandro Olivi Source Type: research