Skull base defects: outcomes and reconstruction from a tertiary center in India
Palak Gupta, Srinivas Chadaram, Vidhu Sharma, Kapil Soni, Bikram Choudhury, Amit Goyal · 2025
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Palak Gupta and co-authors reported a surgical study in 2025 from a large hospital in western India. Their subject is holes or gaps in the skull base, the bony floor under the brain. Such gaps can arise by accident or be made on purpose while removing a tumor. A poor repair can let fluid leak from around the brain or let infection in.
The team reviewed 26 patients treated between 2018 and 2024. Fourteen had gaps at the front of the skull base and twelve at the side. All repairs used several layers, mixing the patient's own tissue, graft material, and flaps of living tissue. Every repair held, with no repeat failures. Two serious problems did occur: one case of air trapped inside the skull and one case of vision loss. No patient got meningitis or a new leak after surgery.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Palak Gupta, Srinivas Chadaram, Vidhu Sharma, Kapil Soni, Bikram Choudhury, Amit Goyal |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |