title: Repair of large orbito-cutaneous defects by combining two classical flaps.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite the fact that orbital exenteration is one of the most socially distressing facial operations, it may be necessary, still. The repair of a radically exenterated orbit is a difficult problem for surgeons to resolve.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Madrid, nine patients underwent orbital exenteration including simultaneous periorbital tissue resection for invasive orbital and/or periorbital tumours between 1990 and 2000. Primary repair was performed by temporalis myofascial plus facio-cervico-pectoral flaps.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This technique resulted in low morbidity, short period of hospitalization and good facial aesthetics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University General Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Matias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuesta-Gil
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Concejo
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Acero
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Navarro-Vila
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ochandiano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D017233:Orbit Evisceration; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000601:surgery