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Chitosan Scaffold for Sellar Floor Repair in Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery

Mexico1 participantsStarted 2015-01

Plain-language summary

A 65 year old female participant , right handed, started with progressive bilateral visual loss in her temporal field, over 10 months, the participant underwent an MRI and it was found a sellar lesion that compressed the optic chiasm, an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery was done for the resection of the lesion, using a novel bilaminar chitosan scaffold to assist the closure of the sellar floor. After a follow up of 2 years the participant returned to its normal visual function, without evidence of the sellar lesion on the postoperative MRI, and without complications.

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Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * male/female patient candidate for an endoscopic endonasal transphenoidal surgery, who need repair of the sellar floor as part of the surgical procedure. Exclusion Criteria: * Diabetes, heart diseases, immunological diseases, infectious diseases, bone diseases.