Repair of Temporal Bone Encephalocele following Canal Wall Down Mastoidectomy

We report a rare case of a temporal bone encephalocele after a canal wall down mastoidectomy performed to treat chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma. The patient was treated successfully via an intracranial approach. An enhanced layer-by-layer repair of the encephalocele and skull base deficit wa...

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Main Authors: Blioskas, Sarantis, Magras, Ioannis, Polyzoidis, Stavros, Kouskouras, Konstantinos, Psillas, Georgios, Dova, Stamatia, Markou, Konstantinos
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189909/