Endoscopic sinonasal meningoencephalocele repair: a 13-year experience with stratification by defect and reconstruction type

• Published in: Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery Vol. 152; no. 2; p. 361
• Main Authors: Rawal, Rounak B, Sreenath, Satyan B, Ebert, Jr, Charles S, Huang, Benjamin Y, Dugar, Deepak R, Ewend, Matthew G, Sasaki-Adams, Deanna, Senior, Brent A, Zanation, Adam M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Comorbidity; Encephalocele - surgery; Endoscopy - methods; Female; Humans; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Male; Meningocele - surgery; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Skull Base - surgery; Treatment Outcome; cerebrospinal fluid leak; frontal; flaps; encephalocele; ethmoid; meningoencephalocele; vascularized flap; grafts; sphenoid; skull base; lumbar drain

Sinonasal meningoencephalocele is a rare defect, with varying etiologies and treatment strategies. Here we present the largest published series from a single institution of patients with endoscopic repair. The primary goal is to examine rates of success with consideration to accompanying patient dem...