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Allogeneic cartilage used for skull base plasty in children with primary intranasal encephalomeningocele associated with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea.

Author(s) : PARIZEK J., MERICKA P., NEMECEK S., NEMECKOVA J., ZEMANKOVA M., SERCL M., HARINGOVA M.

Type of article: Periodical article

Summary

Three children with primary intranasal encephalomeningocele associated with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea were operated on. In two of them, freeze-dried allogeneic costal cartilage was glued into the skull base defect. This plugging was covered up with deep-frozen allogeneic fascia lata. In the third child, a 1-year-old boy, after transection of the neck of the encephalomeningocele freeze-dried allogeneic dura mater was glued on extradurally and deep-frozen allogeneic fascia lata applied intradurally. The extent of spotty regressions represented about 7% of the tissue volume. It is stressed that, once diagnosed, intranasal encephalomeningocele associated with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea should be operated on for prevention of meningitis as soon as possible.

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  • Original title: Allogeneic cartilage used for skull base plasty in children with primary intranasal encephalomeningocele associated with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea.
  • Record ID : 1997-2478
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Child's nerv. Syst. - n. 12
  • Publication date: 1996
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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