Journal Reviews

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Is benign intracranial hypertension underdiagnosed in patients with spontaneous CSF leaks?

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Headache, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Papilledema

In ENT practice we come across spontaneous CSF leaks. Patients present either as unilateral watery rhinorrhoea or otorrhoea, or sometimes as hearing loss with a watery middle ear effusion. Clinicians, after confirming the diagnosis of CSF leak with beta 2...

Multi-layered repair of lateral sphenoid CSF rhinorrhoea

1 March 2018 | | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Lateral sphenoid encephalocele, Nasoseptal flap

This case series describes the author’s results with repairing lateral sphenoid encephalocoeles in seven patients. Alloderm inlay with abdominal fat onlay and nasoseptal flap onlay repair resulted in a 100% success rate with no recurrence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea,...

Do I need Google maps in here?

1 January 2016 | | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Endoscopic sinus surgery, Image-guided surgery, Orbital injury, Sinusitis, Surgical navigation, computer-aided surgery

Image guidance surgery (IGS) has grown in popularity. This review article discusses its application in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). IGS technology has vastly improved with smaller, more mobile platforms that are easy to set up and use. IGS allows validation...