BACKGROUND: The use of an autologous free fat graft is a widely applied technique to
obliterate dead space and reinforce dural closure during skull base reconstructions. The …

Objective To analyze the long-term fate of autologous fat graft in skull base reconstruction
after an extended endoscopic transtuberculum-transplanum approach. Methods Data from …

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A patient with an intracranial dermoid tumor that ruptured secondary to closed head trauma
is described. Intracranial dermoid tumors (cysts) have been reported to rupture …

We present two unusual cases of aseptic postoperative lipoid meningitis resulting from
necrosis of a free fat graft placed into a skull base craniotomy defect. Two patients …

Background Reconstruction of the skull base after resection of skull base meningiomas is of
paramount importance. Here we describe a safe and effective method of skull base …

We present the case of a 28-year-old man with an unusual aetiology of lipid-dense material
in the subarachnoid space. CT of the head at presentation was normal. MRI of the spine …

The presence of intracranial adipose tissue is often overlooked, although it may be detected
in different physiological (dural sinuses or falx deposition of fat) and pathological (lipoma …

Objectives: Following translabyrinthine craniotomy the temporal bone defect is commonly
obliterated using a free autologous fat graft. In this series the dura was put back in place but …

After many cranial and spinal neurosurgical removal of meningiomas, reconstruction of the
dura mater is needed. The dura has to be meticulously closed following craniotomy …