Abstract
Objectives: To identify sinuses demonstrating postoperative radiographic mucosal thickening after endoscopic exposure of the cranial base through the transsphenoidal corridor. Design: Retrospective review. Setting: University-based medical center. Participants: Patients undergoing endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal approaches to the skull base who had both preoperative and postoperative imaging. Main Outcome Measures: Change in preoperative and postoperative imaging scores for each sinus and side at 3 and 6 months. The left-sided undissected sinuses served as internal controls for comparison. Results: Fifty-one patients were identified with the aforementioned inclusion and exclusion criteria. The mean difference in preoperative and postoperative imaging scores for the right anterior ethmoid sinus was significantly different from the left-sided equivalents (p = 0.0020). The difference in the frontal sinuses approached significance (p = 0.0625). Conclusions: Resection of the lower half of the middle turbinate and maxillary antrostomy and harvest of a nasoseptal flap are associated with an increased radiographic incidence of mucosal thickening of the ipsilateral anterior ethmoids compared with the undissected contralateral side. When accessing the transnasal transsphenoidal corridor for skull base surgery, preservation of native anatomy is associated with a lower incidence of mucosal thickening on postoperative imaging.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 351-357 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- endoscopic skull base
- maxillary sinus
- middle turbinate
- radiographic
- sinusitis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology