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J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2018; 79(02): 177-183
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1606293
Original Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

An Algorithm for Sellar Reconstruction Following the Endoscopic Endonasal Approach: A Review of 300 Consecutive Cases

Edward C. Kuan
1   Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
,
Frederick Yoo
1   Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
,
Pratik B. Patel
1   Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
,
Brooke M. Su
1   Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
,
Marvin Bergsneider
2   Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
,
Marilene B. Wang
1   Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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11 March 2017

15 July 2017

Publication Date:
28 August 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Objectives/Hypotheses The endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) is the workhorse endoscopic procedure for sellar and parasellar pathology. Various reconstruction techniques have been reported following EEA surgery, ranging from no reconstruction to vascularized flaps. We review our institution's experience with sellar reconstruction following EEA and propose an evidence-based algorithm.

Design Retrospective review.

Setting Tertiary academic medical center.

Participants Patients who underwent endoscopic EEA surgery for sellar or parasellar pathology between March 1, 2013 and August 31, 2016.

Main Outcome Measures Patient demographic and clinicopathologic data were collected. Outcome measures included intraoperative and postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak rates and extent of resection (gross or subtotal).

Results Three hundred consecutive patients were included. Depending on the presence and grade of intraoperative CSF leak, cases were reconstructed using either a free mucosal graft (FMG) or nasoseptal flap (NSF). Intraoperative and postoperative CSF leak rates were 30.7% and 2.3%, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression found that intraoperative CSF leak was associated with recurrent disease (odds ratio [OR] 2.47, p = 0.004), with no apparent predictors of postoperative CSF leak.

Conclusions Based on this large series, we propose the following algorithm for sellar reconstruction: FMG for no CSF leak; fat graft + FMG ± rigid fixation for low-grade leaks; and fat graft + NSF ± rigid fixation for high-grade leaks.

Keywords

pituitary surgery - cerebrospinal fluid leak - transsphenoidal - sellar reconstruction - nasoseptal flap - mucosal graft

Note

This study was presented at the North American Skull Base Society 26th Annual Meeting, March 4, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana.


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