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Transmandibular-cervical approach for treatment of a CSF fistula through the Eustachian tube
Josep Rubio-Palau1, Javier Mareque-Bueno, Jordi Garcia-Linares
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. 40926jrp@comb.es
Abstract:
The aim of this article is to explain a surgical approach to solve a complication on a patient treated at our hospital. It is a transmandibular-cervical approach to eliminate a cerebrospinal fluid fistula in the Eustachian tube produced after the removal of an acoustic neurinoma in a patient operated multiple times without success.