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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Intradural fat graft packing is not indispensable in preventing postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage in endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma surgeries.

Xiefeng Wang, Binbin Wang, Gang Cheng, Yongping You, Chao Tao

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiefeng WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Binbin WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Gang ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yongping YouDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chao TaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Is intradural fat graft packing indispensable in preventing postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage in endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma surgeries? This study aimed to review the methods and outcomes of our graded sellar floor reconstruction strategy without fat graft packing in endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma surgeries. Methods: From March 2018 to December 2022, 200 patients underwent endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma resection by a single author in our institute. We applied different graded skull base reconstruction strategies in different periods. Intradural fat graft packing was used to reconstruct the skull base in the early period, from March 2018 to June 2019, but fat graft was not used in the late period, from January 2020 to December 2022. The effect of these different graded skull base reconstruction strategies and whether intradural fat graft packing is necessary were evaluated by observing the incidence of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak. Results: In the early period, fat graft was used to reconstruct skull base when the intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage existed. There were two patients who suffered from postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak in this group. In the late period, fat graft was not used to reconstruct the skull base, and no patient suffered from postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage in this group. Conclusions: Intradural fat graft packing is unnecessary in the endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma resection. The outcome of our graded sellar floor reconstruction strategy is satisfactory.

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cerebrospinal fluid leakageneuroendoscopypituitary tumorsskull base reconstructionsurgery

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PMID37564933
PMCPMC10410438
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