Table 1. Patient characteristics.

	TPFF	Adipose	TPFF-LD	Adipose-LD
Total	12	14	4 (25%)	6 (30%)
Tumor type
Paraganglioma	10	4	3	4
Schwannoma	-	2	-	1
Cholesteatoma	2	1	-	-
Meningioma	-	1	1	1
Other	-	6	-	-
Tumor size*
Small	5 (42%)	8 (57%)	1 (25%)	3 (50%)
Medium	7 (58%)	6 (43%)	1 (25%)	2 (33%)
Large	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (50%)	1 (17%)
Surgical extent
Intradural	7	9	4	5
Extradural	5	5	0	1
Dural violation†	(4)	(2)		(0)

Abbreviations: LD, lumbar drain; TPFF, temporoparietal fascia flap.

^*Size classifications are as follows: S ≤ 2.5 cm, M = 2.51-4cm, L ≥ 4.1 cm.

^†Patients with extradural dissection with dural entry.