Abstract
Purpose
To retrospectively analyse surgical management of clinico-radiologically proven nasal meningoencephalocele amongst children and results of repair with single-layer septo-mucosal flap at a tertiary skull base surgery centre in north India.
Methods
Fifteen children with clinic-radiological nasal meningoencephaloceles with or without CSF rhinorrhoea were included. Radiological scans included CT scans and MRI scans for all cases to delineate soft tissue and bony architecture. All children underwent endoscopic excision of encephaloceles and repair of the skull base defect.
Results
The authors were successful in fourteen cases. Successful cases included 4 children less than 6 months of age who underwent single-layer rotated septo-mucosal flaps, thereby avoiding donor site morbidity.
Conclusion
As endoscopic excision of nasal encephalocele is an established management approach, the authors take the concept of minimally invasive surgery a step further by successfully managing these lesions with single-layer repair. Vascularized septo-mucosal flap seems to be the only determining factor for a successful repair for congenital meningoencephalocele. However, a prospective study comprising a larger subset of patients would substantiate the assumption.
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Mohindra, S., Mohindra, S., Mahendru, S. et al. Endoscopic management of congenital nasal meningoencephaloceles: a short series of 15 paediatric cases. Childs Nerv Syst 36, 3059–3062 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04649-9
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