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An unusual basal skull injury resulting in CSF leak and a novel method to repair
Nektarios K Mazarakis1, Owen Judd, George Garas
1Department of Neurosurgery, Queen's Medical Centre , Nottingham , UK.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|June 21, 2013
Abstract:
We report a case of accidental intracranial insertion of a foreign body through the nose resulting in dural tear and subsequent CSF leak. We also describe the surgical approach to remove it and a new method to seal the dural defect.

