Posterior fossa surgery represents on of the most demanding procedure in neurosurgery. Retrosygmoid (RS), key-hole retrosygmoid (KR) and cerebellar hemispheric (CH) are the most common approaches used to access in this area. Despite they are not technically difficult to perform, these approaches can be burdened by postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, both at short and long-term follow-up, with an high risk of meningitis. Many techniques were employed to avoid this risk, but it can still be estimated between 2% and 11% according to literature1-4. Spena et al. reported a CSF leakage rate of 6.8% in a previous experience5. As a consequence, newer efforts are necessaries to avoid this potentially lethal complication. By this explorative study, we want to retrospectively analyzed our experience with a newer technique of bone closure, called O'Ring, in patients subdued to posterior fossa surgery by RS, KR and CH approaches, focusing on postoperative CSF leakage (primary objective), wound complications and subcutaneous CSF collections (secondary objectives).
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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to estimate incidence of postoperative CSF leakage
Timeframe: 7 days