title: Cranial-base repair using endoscopic laser welding.
abstract: As the scope of transnasal cranial-base surgery expands, reconstruction of the complex residual defects remains a challenge. Laser welding is a novel technology that can be performed endoscopically and offers the potential of producing instantaneous, watertight repairs using a chromophore-doped biologic solder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1324 Pinewood Road, Villanova, Philadelphia, PA 19085, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Bleier
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques