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Closure of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage via Fistula at the
Lateral Wall of the Sphenoid sinus using a Bone Pile
Kosuke Takabayashia)
Shuho Gotohb)
Maeho Yamasakib)
Katsumi Takizawab)
a Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Japanese Red
Cross Asahikawa Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
b Department of Neurosurgery, Japanese Red Cross
Asahikawa Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Corresponding author
Shuho Gotoh
Department of Neurosurgery, Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital
1-1-1-1 Akebono, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-8530, Japan
Tel: +81-166-22-8111
Fax: +81-166-24-4648
E-mail: churabeaver@gmail.com
Funding
This study was not supported by any organization.
Conflict of interest
There is no conflict of interest to disclose.
Ethical statement
Approval for this case report was obtained from the Ethics Committee of
the Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital (approval number: 202145-2).
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to Dr. Meiho Nakayama and Dr. Yohei Maeda for motivating
us to engage in this report.
Author contribution
Kosuke Takabayashi : K.T. drafted the manuscript and
substantially contributed to the conception and design of the research
and interpretation of the data.
Shuho Gotoh : S.G. made a substantial contribution to the study
conception and interpretation of data.
Maeho Yamasaki : M.Y. made a substantial contribution to the
study conception.
Katsumi Takizawa : K.T. supervised the project, was responsible
for data collection, and made a substantial contribution to the
conception and design of the research and interpretation of the data.
All authors made substantial contributions to the conception and design
of the case report and interpretation of the data. All authors revised
the manuscript, approved it to be published, and agreed to be
accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions
related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are
appropriately investigated and resolved. Each author participated in
this work for an appropriate portion of the content.