Transcaruncular electrocoagulation of anterior ethmoidal artery for the treatment of severe epistaxis.

Objective: The irrigation of the upper third of the nasal fossa is supplied by the anterior ethmoidal artery. We describe a surgical technique to deal with epistaxis due to anterior ethmoidal artery bleeding.

Patients And Methods: From January 2006 to March 2010 transcaruncular coagulation of the anterior ethmoidal artery was done on nine patients with epistaxis of the upper third of the nasal fossa.

Closure of cerebrospinal fluid leaks prevents ascending bacterial meningitis.

Introduction: Endoscopic surgery of the anterior skull base has become the standard procedure for the repair of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks of various origins. Closure of the leaks is believed to prevent ascending meningitis, although no report has specifically shown this.

Material And Methods: Retrospective chart study of 39 patients who underwent endoscopic skull base surgery from 1/1993 to 11/2002.