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Table 1 Patients presentation with size and site of defect and treatment employed

From: Sternberg’s canal: a rare site of CSF leak—our experience and management of a series of cases at a tertiary care hospital in South India

Sl No.

Gender

Age (yrs)

BMI (kg/m2)

Side of leak

Size of defect (mm)

Arachnoid herniation

Primary or revision surgery

Defect closure

1

Female

16

26.7

Left

5 x 5

No

Primary

Fat plug, fascia lata, tissue glue, naso-septal flap

2

Female

23

29.8

Left

3 x 6

Yes

Primary

Fat plug, fascia lata, tissue glue, naso-septal flap

3

Female

40

27.5

Right

3 x 6

No

Primary

Fat plug, fascia lata, tissue glue, naso-septal flap

4

Male

36

24.9

Right

3 x 6

Yes

Primary

Fat plug, fascia lata, tissue glue, naso-septal flap

5

Male

51

23.8

Left

6 x 10

Yes

Primary

Fat plug, fascia lata, tissue glue, naso-septal flap

6

Male

48

30.8

Right

5 x 5

Yes

Primary

Fat plug, fascia lata, tissue glue, naso-septal flap

7

Male

55

26.1

Right

5 x 5

No

Revision

Fat plug, muscle, fascia lata, tissue glue, naso-septal flap