The Use of a Peel-Away Catheter as a Working Channel in Pediatric Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery: A Technical Note

Objective: Pediatric skull base surgery is challenging due to the need of working through small corridors and reducing the amount of intraoperative blood losses. Moreover, the still-growing skull base is crucial to the right development of the whole skull. The authors aim to present a novel surgical application of a peel-away catheter positioned in the nose as a working channel and, therefore, to avoid unintentional traumatic injuries to the nasal structures during pediatric endoscopic endonasal skull base surgeries.