A Sandwich Technique for Prevention of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea and Reconstruction of the Sellar Floor after Microsurgical Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery

作者：Freyschlag Christian F; Goerke Stephanie Alice; Obernauer Jochen; Kerschbaumer Johannes; Thome Claudius; Seiz Marcel^*

来源：Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European Neurosurgery, 2016, 77(3): 229-232.

DOI：10.1055/s-0035-1547357

• pituitary surgery
• transsphenoidal
• coated collagen fleece
• cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea

Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are a well-known complication of transsphenoidal surgery. Several autologous and artificial grafts have been used to close the sellar floor in an attempt to prevent postoperative CSF rhinorrhea. Objective To evaluate and describe a sandwich technique to close the sellar floor using autologous bone, absorbable gelatin sponge, and coated collagen fleece.
Methods We reviewed 50 consecutive patients between April 2010 and August 2011 who underwent transsphenoidal surgery ending with reconstruction of the sellar floor with a particular sandwich technique. Patients with an intraoperative CSF leak received an additional lumbar drain.
Results There were no cases of CSF rhinorrhea at postoperative follow-up after 6 weeks and no revision surgery.
Conclusion The proposed sandwich technique for closure of the sellar floor to the sphenoid sinus is a suitable alternative to autologous grafts and seems to be effective in preventing CSF rhinorrhea.

• 出版日期2016-5