[Cerebrospinal rhinorrhen of 5 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the approaches of diagnosis and therapy to cerebrospinal rhinorrhea and to improve the effects of diagnosis and therapy.


METHODS
Five cases of cerebrospinal rhinorrhea were analyzed retrospectively. Four were performed repair assisted by operation navigation instrument and endoscopy, 1 was performed forehead craniotomy with coronal incision and reconstruction with pedicled galeal flaps.


RESULTS
Followed up half a year, all the patients were healed.


CONCLUSIONS
The patient of cerebrospinal rhinorrhea can be repaired by endoscopy if the opening is small. The navigation instrument is evidently helpful to find the opening more quickly and exactly. The patients with wider opening had better to accept reconstruction with appropriate materials after undergoing craniotomy to ensure the effects of the therapy.
Department of Otolaryngology, PLA 95th Hospital, Putian, 351100, China.
Zhihua
Z
Guan
Lei
L
Chen
Jialing
J
Wang
D000328:Adult; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies