Outcome of Endoscopic Repair of CSF Rhinorrhea with Endonasal Endoscopic Approach in terms of Success of Repair.
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https://doi.org/10.36552/pjns.v23i4.378Keywords:
CSF Rhinorrhea, Endonasal Endoscopic Approach, Successful RepairAbstract
Objective: This descriptive case series conducted to evaluate the outcome of CSF rhinorrhea repair with the Endonasal Endoscopic approach in terms of success of the repair.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at Neurosurgery department, Unit II, Punjab institute of neurosciences, Lahore. This study involved 40 patients aged between 3-80 years of both genders diagnosed of CSF rhinorrhea with presented with in 1 week after trauma and spontaneous and postoperative cases.
Results: The age of the patients ranged from 5 years to 53 years with a mean of 22.75 ± 15.59 years. Total 30 (75%) male and 10 (25%) female patients are included in the study. The underlying etiology was found to be post-traumatic (67.5%) 27 cases, followed by post-operative in 7 (17.5%) and spontaneous in 6 (15.0%) cases. Successful repair was observed in 36 (90.0%). No significant difference was found in the frequency of successful repair among various age groups; 5-20, 21-36 and 37-53 years (95.7%, 83.3% and 81.8%; p = 0.381), gender groups; male verses female (86.2% and 100.0%; p = 0.194) and etiological groups; post-traumatic vs. post-operative vs. spontaneous (92.6% vs. 71.4% vs. 100.0%; p = 0.169).
Conclusions: The frequency of successful repair was found to be 90% in patients of CSF rhinorrhea treated through Endonasal endoscopic approach. No statistically significant difference was found in successful repair frequency across patient’s gender, age and underlying cause of CSF rhinorrhea.
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