this is a very rare complication of septoplasty. I've read the other
comments and generally agree with most all of them. But to say that it is
not related to the septoplasty because it was delayed is nonsense. Rick
Haydon
>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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