I've recently seen a patient who had a CSF leak, with a fistula in the cribriform plate, confirmed by Neurosurgical exploration.
She thinks it is due to a previous Septoplasty, with no ethmoid surgery, and wants to sue the ENT surgeon.
Has anyone ever seen or heard of this?
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