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Repair Of CSF Leak And Ethmoid Roof Defect

Running Time: 1:38


  Indications:

  • Spontaneous, traumatic, or iatrogenic skull base defect

 

Highlights:

  • Edges of skull base defect identified and freshened
  • Underlay cartilage/bone graft placed extra-durally in large defects
  • Free mucosal graft from septum or turbinate placed over defect
  • Graft held firmly in place with absorbable packing material

 

Keep in Mind:

  • A non-absorbable packing material may be placed for a one-week period to further bolster the repair site