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Cerebrospinal fluid leakage after posterior fossa surgery may impair brain metabolite clearance
R Goulay1, R Aron Badin2, J Flament2
1Inserm U1237 'Physiopathology & Imaging of Neurological Disorders', university of Caen Normandy, 14000 Caen, France.
Abstract:
The discovery of the important role of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage of cerebral metabolite waste, known as the glymphatic system, has changed our view of brain waste clearance. We recently performed experiments to evaluate the glymphatic system in non-human primates (NHP). Here, we report the case of an NHP with iatrogenic CSF leakage. In this animal, solute transport through the brain, assessed by gadolinium injection in the CSF, was severely impaired by iatrogenic pseudomeningocele. This observation raises an important question: does brain surgery, and particularly posterior fossa surgery, lead to chronic impairment of parenchymal CSF circulation and solute transport?
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