[Reconstruction of anterior cranial base and face with free musculocutaneous flap; report of two cases].
The treatment of extensive cranial base tumor is still challenging. Wide resection of a cranial base tumor would lead to exposure of the vital structures such as the brain and dura, and would result in a large dead space in the cranium and in the connecting area between the nasal cavity and the intracranial space. Recently free tissue transfer has become a reliable method in the field of reconstructive surgery. In the craniofacial region, free tissue transfer is useful to reconstruct a complicated defect. We report two cases where free latissimus dorsi M-C flap and rectus abdominis M-C flap were useful in reconstructing the defect following removal of an anterior cranial base tumor. We discuss the advantages.
Noguchi
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto.
Iwasawa
M
M
Hirose
T
T
Kyoshima
K
K
Yokoo
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D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*