Reconstruction of a skull base defect after endoscopic endonasal resection of a pituitary adenoma: Sphenoid mucosal flaps

Publication date: Available online 20 December 2017
Source:American Journal of Otolaryngology
Author(s): Erden Goljo, Eliezer Kinberg, Katelyn Stepan, Jill K. Gregory, Alfred M. Iloreta, Satish Govindaraj, Hongyan Zou
This report describes a bilateral sphenoid sinus mucosal flap for the repair of a sellar floor defect and CSF leak following endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery. The key advantage of this technique is enabling the sphenoid mucosal flaps to remain vascularized, which reduces postoperative complications including CSF leakage, recurrent sinusitis, meningitis, encephalitis and pneumocephalus. The use of this technique is a viable and possibly favorable alternative to free grafts in the reconstruction of small to medium sized sellar defects with low flow or absent CSF leaks base surgery.



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