re CSF leak foll septoplasty
One has to be very aggressive with the ethmoid plate to get a leak-never seen one.
However my junior resident did get one from the sphenoid after he had unknowingly removed the rostrum to get a 'really straight
septum'. It was easily repaired endoscopically. concurr with Jin Bartley on extrv/s intracranial repair of CSF leak. We have a large
series here in Mumbai too.
Prabodh Karnik
Mumbai
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