title: Cranio-facial approach to ossifying fibromas.
abstract: A cranio-facial approach to ossifying fibromas of the orbit and the anterior cranial base is described. Ten patients with a documented ossifying fibroma were operated on utilizing this surgical modality. Eight tumors were completely removed and two were subtotally resected. The surgical defects were reconstructed either with an autogenous bone graft or an aluminum/acrylic cranioplasty. Our surgery for ossifying fibromas accomplished a significant reduction or an elimination of ocular displacement as well as the reestablishment of cranial symmetry.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005350:Fibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000601:surgery*