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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 9/2017

01-09-2017 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation after skull base surgery

Authors: Armel Bettan, Pierre-André Rodie-Talbere, Stéphane André Martin, Karim Lakhal

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2017

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This patient was treated with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) with nasal mask for obstructive sleep apnea. He recently underwent a resection of a chondrosarcoma of the petrous part of the temporal bone. Surgery used an anterior petrosectomy (frontotemporal incision). Biomedical glue replaced the tumor in the extradural space and sealing of the dura mater was done by suturing and adjunction of a fibrinogen–thrombin patch for the prevention of cerebrospinal fluid leaks. No cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea has been reported in the aftermath. …
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Title
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation after skull base surgery
Authors
Armel Bettan
Pierre-André Rodie-Talbere
Stéphane André Martin
Karim Lakhal
Publication date
01-09-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4866-1

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