title: Long vascular pedicle cranial flap.
abstract: Two case reports illustrate a long vascular pedicle cranial bone flap. A split or full thickness skull bone flap is based on the pericranium layer. The temporalis muscle with its overlying fascial layers and vascular pedicles form the base of this flap and assure its adequate vascularization. The technique and its uses in the reconstruction of calvarial defects is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
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authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*