Utility of the Nasoseptal "Rescue" Flap Approach: Analysis of 125 Consecutive Patients and Implications for Routine Transsphenoidal Surgery

Zachary J Cappello; Dennis M Tang; Christopher R Roxbury; Brian C Lobo; Hamid Borghei-Razavi; Troy D Woodard; Varun R Kshettry; Pablo F Recinos; Raj Sindwani

doi:10.1177/1945892419892164

Utility of the Nasoseptal "Rescue" Flap Approach: Analysis of 125 Consecutive Patients and Implications for Routine Transsphenoidal Surgery

Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2020 Mar;34(2):269-275. doi: 10.1177/1945892419892164. Epub 2019 Dec 3.

Authors

Zachary J Cappello¹, Dennis M Tang¹, Christopher R Roxbury¹, Brian C Lobo¹, Hamid Borghei-Razavi², Troy D Woodard^{1

2}, Varun R Kshettry^{1

2}, Pablo F Recinos^{1

2}, Raj Sindwani^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Rhinology, Head & Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Minimally Invasive Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 31795740
DOI: 10.1177/1945892419892164

No abstract available

Keywords: bilateral pedicle-sparing; endoscopic endonasal approach to the pituitary; endoscopic skull base surgery; evidence-based medicine; pedicled nasoseptal flap; rescue flap; skull base repair.

MeSH terms

Endoscopy
Evidence-Based Practice
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Retrospective Studies
Skull Base / surgery*
Surgical Flaps / surgery*