Cranial-base repair using endoscopic laser welding

Benjamin S Bleier; James N Palmer

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2009.07.002

Cranial-base repair using endoscopic laser welding

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2009 Oct;42(5):901-6, xi. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2009.07.002.

Authors

Benjamin S Bleier¹, James N Palmer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1324 Pinewood Road, Villanova, Philadelphia, PA 19085, USA.

PMID: 19909868
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2009.07.002

Abstract

As the scope of transnasal cranial-base surgery expands, reconstruction of the complex residual defects remains a challenge. Laser welding is a novel technology that can be performed endoscopically and offers the potential of producing instantaneous, watertight repairs using a chromophore-doped biologic solder.

MeSH terms

Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / surgery
Endoscopy*
Humans
Laser Therapy / methods*
Skull Base / surgery*
Suture Techniques