The use of dehydrated amniotic membrane allograft for augmentation of dural repair in transsphenoidal endoscopic endonasal resection of pituitary adenomas.
Daniel G EichbergAngela M RichardsonG Damian BruskoSheikh C AliSimon S ButtrickAshish H ShahElie S AlamZoukaa B SargiRicardo J KomotarPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2019)
This feasibility study demonstrates that dehydrated amniotic membrane allograft can be safely utilized as an adjunct during sellar closures for TEES for pituitary adenoma resection with very low rates of CSF leak and meningitis.