title: [Diagnosis and surgical treatment of meningoencephalocele].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the characteristics of symptoms of meningoencephalocele and the selection of the most appropriate surgical approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 1986 to August 1997, 11 cases (frontoethmoidal type 5, basal 5, occipital 1) were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Combined intraextracranial approach was applied 11 times and successful in 10 times; simple frontal approach 1 time, unsuccessful, lateral nasal incision 2 times, failed in 1. No recurrence was found in all successful operations during follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined intra-extracranial approach, which provides excellent exposure and convenient repairing of skull base deficit is an ideal operation for meningoencephalocele.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed