Endoscopic Endonasal Eustachian Tube Obliteration as a Treatment for Tension Pneumocephalus After Translabyrinthine Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma
Ji KSY, Rimmer R, Dogan A, Cetas JS, Ciporen JN, Sanusi O, Gupta S, Geltzeiler M. Endoscopic Endonasal Eustachian Tube Obliteration as a Treatment for Tension Pneumocephalus After Translabyrinthine Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma. Otology & Neurotology 2022, 43: e856-e860. PMID: 35970161, DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000003606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEustachian tube obliterationCerebrospinal fluid leakV-Loc sutureTranslabyrinthine resectionVestibular schwannomaMental statusThird ventricleComputed tomographyFluid leakTension pneumocephalusCerebellopontine angle massPatient's mental statusLateral skull base surgeryRight frontal lobeOriginal surgical siteSkull base surgeryTranslabyrinthine excisionDevastating complicationLateral ventricleResection cavityMAIN OUTCOMESurgical siteFrontal lobePneumocephalusSuture techniqueEndoscopic Endonasal Eustachian Tube Obliteration for Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea: A Case Series and Scoping Review
Rimmer R, Lilly G, Gupta S, Ciporen J, Detwiller K, Cetas J, Dogan A, Geltzeiler M. Endoscopic Endonasal Eustachian Tube Obliteration for Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea: A Case Series and Scoping Review. Operative Neurosurgery 2022, 22: 345-354. PMID: 35867077, DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebrospinal fluid rhinorrheaEustachian tube obliterationLateral skull base surgeryCase seriesSkull base surgeryPrior surgical attemptsRetrospective chart reviewSmall case seriesInitial success rateBarbed suture techniqueNew case seriesTranslabyrinthine resectionChart reviewRetrospective seriesVestibular schwannomaRevision surgeryLumbar drainSurgical attemptsRevision casesPatientsBarbed sutureSuture techniqueSurgeryValuable option