Precisely so. This is why when you do the perpendicular ethmoid plate you
must use punch and never rock it. I haven't seen a leak from the middle
turbinate though..
If you are attending:
"XVII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringologia y
Patologia Cervico Facial", Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 12-16 October,
1998. please give my best wishes to Dr Jose Subiza.
>Dear collegues:
>The CSF leak after a septoplasty is no a so rare complication after nasal
>surgery. The upper insertion of middle turbinate at "lamina cribosa" make
>it possible only because there was a little manipulation of this anatomic
>structure. Normally leak resolves spontaneouslly but sometimes it persists
>and needs a surgical endoscopic approach.
>Dr.C.LŪpez-Cortijo
>Clinica Puerta de Hierro
>Madrid(SPAIN)
Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com tell a friend
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