title: Sandwich grafting technique for endoscopic endonasal repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea.
abstract: The surgical management of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea has changed significantly after the introduction of functional endoscopic sinus surgery. The clear anatomical exposure of the roof of the nasal and paranasal sinus cavities by the endoscope offers the surgeon a golden chance to identify the area of CSF leak, and thus enables one to adequately plan the management. The aim of this work is to evaluate the use of facia lata sandwich graft technique for endoscopic endonasal repair of CSF rhinorrhoea. Forty patients with CSF rhinorrhoea were treated endoscopically using 2 layers of facia lata (underlay and onlay) interposed with a layer of septal cartilage or conchal bone in-between (sandwich technique) for repair. Fifty-five percent of cases were regarded as spontaneous CSF leaks with no obvious cause, 30% following head injury and 15% were iatrogenic. The ethmoidal roof was the commonest location of CSF leak (60%) followed in frequency by the cribriform plate and the sphenoid sinus (20% each). Follow-up period was 12-24 months. We have achieved a 95% success rate in managing CSF leaks in our 40 patients in the first attempt repair and 100% success rate after second attempt repair. Endoscopic endonasal repair of CSF leaks is quite safe and effective procedure with high success rate and avoid the morbidity associated with craniotomy. Using the three-layer, sandwich-grafting technique of facia lata further adds more security to the sealing of CSF and augments the results of repair.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Tanta Faculty of Medicine and University Hospitals, 61 KafrEsamStreet, ElNadi Square, Tanta, Egypt, eisamagdy@hotmail.com.
authors: Magdy Eisa
authors: ME
authors: Saafan
authors: Osama A
authors: OA
authors: Albirmawy
authors: Mohamed Osama
authors: MO
authors: Tomoum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D064595:Composite Tissue Allografts / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D019793:Fluorescein; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019793:Fluorescein
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