Translabyrinthine repair for cerebrospinal fluid otorhinorrhea
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 57 (2) , 258-261
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1982.57.2.0258
Abstract
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorhinorrhea may occur as a complication of surgery for removal of acoustic neurinomas. The CSF leak usually appears within the first 2 weeks after surgery, and the diagnosis is obvious. The fistulous site is frequently inaccessible and may be difficult to repair by reexploring the suboccipital craniectomy. Successful closure of the fistula is accomplished by obliterating the space between the posterior fossa dura and the eustachian tube orifice with homograft muscle, using a radical translabyrinthine approach.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Posterior Fossa Approach for Removal of Acoustic Neurinomas: Recent ExperienceJAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 1981
- Tympanic Cavity Obliteration for Cerebrospinal OtorhinorrheaJAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 1973
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhoea Following Removal of an Acoustic NeuromaJournal of Neurosurgery, 1956
- TREATMENT OF RHINORRHEA AND OTORRHEAArchives of Surgery, 1944