[Experiences with solvent-dried fascia lata in surgical interventions in otorhinolaryngology]

Basing on our good experiences with dehydrated solvent-dried human dura we applied, during the last two years, dehydrated solvent-dried fascia lata in our clinic. Fascia lata is more flexible in comparison to the stiff dura. In 225 cases we collected experience with the new dehydrated solvent-dried human fascia lata: 103 patients with frontobasal fractures and rhinoliquorrhoea 83 patients with tympanoplastics for mastoid lining 5 patients with laterobasal fractures 11 patients with septum perforations 21 patients with blow-out fractures 2 patients with facial paralysis. Fascia lata was fixated by human fibrin adhesive. The dehydrated human solvent-dried fascia lata showed the same good results as the group of patients where we used autologous fascia lata.