Upfront use of temporal myofascial flap for repair of traumatic injury and prevention of CSF leaks: illustrative cases
Upfront repair of traumatic defects of the middle fossa floor or posterior fossa dura involving the mastoid air cells may avoid a prolonged CSF leak and its complications. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE25412.
Authors
- Theodore Hannah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6527-9725)
- Robert Ziechmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5923-8265)
- Stephanie Ricci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2500-7407)
- S Pathak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7583-8948)
- Angara Koneti Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9293-8175)
- Philip A. Villanueva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8647-6140)
Institutions
- Temple University Hospital (US)
- Temple University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case25412
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01