Cross-cultural adaptation of the sinus and nasal quality of life survey (SN-5) to Spanish.

Objective: There is a high prevalence for rhinitis with an increasing trend. However, there is a lack of specific quality of life pediatric questionnaires for sinonasal symptoms. The Sinus and Nasal Quality of Life Survey (SN-5) is the only validated instrument specifically designed with this objective.

[CSF fistulae following surgery for cerebellopontine angle tumours and their relationship with the body mass index].

Introduction: The most frequent complication after vestibular schwannoma surgery is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of 170 patients who had vestibular schwannoma (163) or other tumours in the cerebello pontine angle (CPA) (7). Resection was carried out using different approaches: retrosigmoid (66%), translabyrinthine (24%), middle cranial fossa (5%) and others (5%).