Peter Filip, Evan A Patel, Sarah Khalife, Ali M Baird, Calista Dominy, Krishna Joshi, Rui Feng, Stephan Munich, Milena Stosic, Aimee J Szewka, Raj Shrivastava, Satish Govindaraj, Peter Papagiannopoulos, Pete S Batra, Bobby A Tajudeen
PURPOSE: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a condition of high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure that presents with CSF leak. The implications of multiple skull base defects (SBD) and associated synchronous CSF leaks have not been previously explored. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A dual institutional case-control study examined multiple SBD's and encephaloceles on the risk of CSF leak and postoperative failures post-repair. IIH patients with CSF leaks and IIH controls without leaks were selected retrospectively...
2024: American Journal of Otolaryngology