Immediate CPAP Use after Skull Base Reconstruction with Hydroxyapatite Bone Cement. 2023

Evan C Cumpston, and Ali H Sualeh, and Douglas J Totten, and Rick F Nelson
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.

The timing for resuming continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) postoperatively after skull base surgery remains controversial because of the risk of pneumocephalus. We determined the safety of immediate CPAP use after middle cranial fossa (MCF) spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (sCSF) leak repair with bone cement. Prospective cohort study. Tertiary academic medical center. Thirteen consecutive patients with CPAP-treated obstructive sleep apnea and temporal bone sCSF leaks who underwent skull base repair with hydroxyapatite bone cement between July 2021 and October 2022. CPAP use resumed on postoperative day 1 after the confirmation of skull base reconstruction with temporal bone computed tomography (CT). Postoperative skull base defects on CT, pneumocephalus, or intracranial complications. The average age was 55.5 ± 8.8 years (±standard deviation), and 69.2% were female with a BMI of 45.39 ± 15.1 kg/m 2 . Multiple tegmen defects were identified intraoperatively in 53.9% of patients with an average of 1.85 ± 0.99 defects and an average defect size on preoperative imaging of 6.57 ± 3.45 mm. All patients had an encephalocele identified intraoperatively. No residual skull base defects were observed on CT imaging on postoperative day 1. No postoperative complications occurred. One patient developed a contralateral sCSF leak 2 months after repair. There were no recurrent sCSF leaks 1 month postoperatively. Immediate postoperative CPAP use is safe in patients undergoing MCF sCSF leak repair with bone cement because of the robust skull base repair.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011007 Pneumocephalus Presence of air or gas within the intracranial cavity (e.g., epidural space, subdural space, intracerebral, etc.) which may result from traumatic injuries, fistulous tract formation, erosions of the skull from NEOPLASMS or infection, NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES, and other conditions. Cranial Pneumocyst,Intracranial Gas,Pneumocephalus, Tension,Cranial Airocele,Pneumocephalus, Epidural,Pneumocephalus, Traumatic,Pressure Pneumocephalus,Airocele, Cranial,Airoceles, Cranial,Cranial Airoceles,Cranial Pneumocysts,Epidural Pneumocephalus,Gas, Intracranial,Pneumocephalus, Pressure,Pneumocyst, Cranial,Pneumocysts, Cranial,Tension Pneumocephalus,Traumatic Pneumocephalus
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D001843 Bone Cements Adhesives used to fix prosthetic devices to bones and to cement bone to bone in difficult fractures. Synthetic resins are commonly used as cements. A mixture of monocalcium phosphate, monohydrate, alpha-tricalcium phosphate, and calcium carbonate with a sodium phosphate solution is also a useful bone paste. Bone Cement,Bone Glues,Bone Pastes,Bone Glue,Bone Paste,Cement, Bone,Cements, Bone,Glue, Bone,Glues, Bone,Paste, Bone,Pastes, Bone
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D045422 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure A technique of respiratory therapy, in either spontaneously breathing or mechanically ventilated patients, in which airway pressure is maintained above atmospheric pressure throughout the respiratory cycle by pressurization of the ventilatory circuit. (On-Line Medical Dictionary [Internet]. Newcastle upon Tyne(UK): The University Dept. of Medical Oncology: The CancerWEB Project; c1997-2003 [cited 2003 Apr 17]. Available from: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/) Airway Pressure Release Ventilation,BiPAP Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure,BiPAP Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure,Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure,Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure,APRV Ventilation Mode,Bilevel Continuous Positive Airway Pressure,Biphasic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure,CPAP Ventilation,Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure,nCPAP Ventilation,APRV Ventilation Modes,Ventilation Mode, APRV,Ventilation Modes, APRV,Ventilation, CPAP,Ventilation, nCPAP

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