Table 1.
Description of the clinical details of the patients in the study
| Our data | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Age/sex | 40/m | 39/f | 40/f | 40/f | 28/m | 54/f | 58/f |
| Weight (Kg) | 70 | 74 | 90 | 97 | 80 | 79 | 79 |
| C/c | Watery Nd | Watery Nd | Watery Nd + cough + Sn | WateryNd + Ha | Watery Nd | Watery Nd + Sn | Watery Nd |
| Duration of c/c | 1 months | 4 months | 1 year | 20 days | 3 months | 2 months | 6 months |
| Side | R | R | L | L | L | R | R followed by L |
| Site of leak | R Cribri | R Cribri | L Cribri extending to post eth | L Cribri | L Cribri | R Cribri | R Cribri L Cribri |
| Olfaction | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Csf pressure | Raised | Raised | Raised | Raised | Raised | Raised | Raised |
| Surgery | Sep + Fess + Tner | Sep + Fess + Tner | Fess + Tner | Sep + Fess + Tner | Sep + Fess + Tner | Sep + Fess + Tner | Sep + Fess + Rt Tner, Lt Tner |
| Site of leak on table | R Cribri | R Cribri | R Cribri | L Cribri | L Cribri | R Cribri | R Cribri L Cribri |
| Size of the leak | 2 mm | 2.5 mm | 2.5 cms | 3 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm |
| Graft | Fascia lata | Fascia lata | Fascia lata | Fascia lata | Fascia lata | Fascia lata | Fascia lata |
| Leak free Postop period | 9 months | 7 months | 7 months | 9 months | 2 years | 8 months | 3 years and 4 months |
| Invesg | CSF anal + CT + MRI | CSF anal + CT + MRI | CT PNS | CSF anal + CT + CT cist | CSF anal + CT + CT cist | CT cist | CSF anal + CT PNS |
C/c Chief complaints, Ha head ache, Sn sneezing, R right, L left, Sep septoplasty, Tner transnasal endoscopic repair of CSF leak, CSF anal CSF analysis, CT Cist CT cisternography, Cribri cribriform plate