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Perioperative CSF Leak Management - an Opinion Study

NCT04124523 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 153

Last updated 2020-06-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a rare condition. When it involves the ventral skull base, a surgical closure may be achieved using endoscopic skull base surgery techniques. The major principles remain in achieving a watertight closure that can also support the brain (and avoid brain sagging) in case of extensive skull base defects. Surgical techniques are well described. Many clinical factors may influence the successful rate of the reconstruction. However, there is a lack of clinical study on perioperative management of CSF leaks. The purpose of this study is to gather the opinion of skull base surgeons on the post-operative management of patients to avoid CSF leak recurrence.

•Methods: The investigators will collect data from skull base surgeons using an electronic survey questionnaire (Google Form, Google, Mountain View, California, U.S.A.) submitted by e-mail to the members of the French Association of Rhinology, to the European Rhinologic Society, to the French college of neurosurgeons, to the Italian skull base society members, and to the former students of the European endoscopic skull base diploma. This is an anonymous 60-items survey. Questions were classified in eight sections: general questions, material used at the end of the surgical procedure, post-operative resting position, drugs, CSF depletion, post-operative advices, explorations in case of early recurrence of the rhinorrhoea, and follow-up modalities.

•Discussion: The investigators aim to understand the actual practice of skull base surgeons after closure of ventral skull base CSF leaks. This can serve as a basis for conducting clinical studies in the future.

Conditions

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Montpellier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Valentin Favier, MD · University Hospitals of Montpellier

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-09-01
Completion
2019-10-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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