Transfacial surgical treatment and anthropometric considerations of frontoethmoidal meningoencephaloceles.
Meningoencephaloceles and meningoceles are projections of the meninges with or without cerebral tissue, respectively, through a cranial bony defect. Generally, meningoceles are soft and depressible, whereas meningoencephaloceles are solid and pulsatile. They can present through the calvarium or facial bones.
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Plastic and Craniofacial Department, Hospital General del Sur Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, México City, México.
Escanero Salazar
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D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000601:surgery*; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000601:surgery*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps