@article{966d5c7601de492c9065dccbe50af288,
title = "Pyogenic Ventriculitis After Anterior Skull Base Surgery Treated With Endoscopic Ventricular Irrigation And Reconstruction Using a Vascularized Flap",
abstract = "Ventriculitis is a rare, serious complication of neurosurgery. A 59-year-old man who had undergone a craniotomy for a paranasal adenocarcinoma, developed a right frontal cystic lesion. We performed a bifrontal craniotomy to remove the lesion. The dura was repaired with non-vascularized free fascia lata in watertight fashion. Ventriculitis occurred 3 days postoperatively. Ventricular drainage, craniectomy, and endoscopic irrigation were undertaken to remove an abscess. The dura and the resection cavity were reconstructed using a vascularized anterolateral thigh adipofascial flap. His symptoms disappeared, indicating that endoscopic irrigation and reconstruction can effectively address ventriculitis even in patients in critical clinical condition.",
keywords = "anterior skull base surgery, intraventricular antimicrobial therapy, surgical site infection, ventriculitis",
author = "Yusuke Tomita and Yosuke Shimazu and Masato Kawakami and Hiroshi Matsumoto and Kentaro Fujii and Masahiro Kameda and Takao Yasuhara and Yasuki Suruga and Tomoyuki Ota and Yoshihiro Kimata and Kazuhiko Kurozumi and Isao Date",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Masako Arao and Yukie Ukai for their technical assistance. We thank Jane Charbonneau, DVM and Nancy Schatken, BS, MT(ASCP), from the Edanz Group (https://en-author-services.edanzgroup.com/ac), for editing a draft of this manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021. All Rights Reserved.",
year = "2021",
language = "English",
volume = "75",
pages = "243--248",
journal = "Acta medica Okayama",
issn = "0386-300X",
publisher = "Okayama University",
number = "2",
}