title: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorhinorrhoea following vestibular schwannoma surgery treated by extended subtotal petrosectomy with obliteration.
abstract: Extended subtotal petrosectomy as a treatment for persistent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorhinorrhoea is presented. Four patients were successfully operated on by this technique, all previously having undergone suboccipital removal of vestibular schwannoma: other interventions used had failed to seal the fistulae. The internal auditory canal was the usual pathway for CSF leakage as well as retrosigmoid, retrolabyrinthine, retro- or perifacial cells. Total exenteration of middle ear and mastoid cell tracts, skeletonization of sigmoid sinus, jugular bulb and facial nerve, drilling out of semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea, and skeletonization of the internal auditory canal, followed by obliteration, are the main steps of this approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kronenberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bendet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Findler
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*