Table 1.

Summary of cases

SN	Name	Age/sex	MYS	Site	Etiology	CSF leak	DD	BD	HR	IW	F/U	Bone graft after 12 months post OP imaging
1	SP	25/F	Mar-13	MCF	Surgery	N	NIL	13	Y	SW	30	Identifiable and in place
2	AP	43/M	Apr-11	MCF	Surgery	Y	3 mm	15	N	SW	58	Identifiable and in place
3	KR	40/F	Jul-12	MCF	Spontaneous	Y	2 mm	12	Y	SW	26	Identifiable and in place
4	SF	27/F	Oct-10	MCF	Cholesteatoma	N	NIL	10	Y	SW	52	Not identifiable
5	PS	13/F	Jul-10	MCF	Cholesteatoma	Y	1 mm	12	N	SW	37	Identifiable and in place
6	BY	45/M	Jul-13	MCF	Cholesteatoma	N	NIL	13	Y	SW	28	Not identifiable
7	QA	5/M	Jan-11	MCF	Congenital	N	NIL	10	N	SW	32	Identifiable and in place
8	SJ	56/F	Aug-11	PCF	Spontaneous	Y	2 mm	10	Y	DW	39	Not identifiable
9	KB	7/M	Nov-11	MCF	Cholesteatoma	N	NIL	12	N	SW	43	Identifiable and in place

All cases had complete reversal of hernia of cranial contents. No case had any kind of morbidity. Mean follow-up: 37 months

MYS month and year of surgery, MCF middle cranial fossa, PCF posterior cranial fossa, DD dural defect, BD bony defect, HR brain herniation, IW insertion window, F/U follow up in months after surgery, SW slit window, DW defect window