A modified midfacial degloving approach for the treatment of unilateral paranasal sinus tumours.
OBJECTIVE
The midfacial degloving approach (MFDA) is the primary option for the removal of benign and malignant sinonasal tumours. However, the classic MFDA does not compensate for the fact that most benign and malignant paranasal sinus (PNS) tumours are unilateral and the incisions may lead to some unnecessary complications?. Surgical exposure is limited to the upper and deep part of the PNS. Modifications of the classical MFDA that minimize complications and improve surgical field exposure are warranted.


METHODS
The medical records of 27 consecutive patients who had undergone surgery using a modified MFDA for treatment of unilateral benign or malignant tumours from 2000 to 2006, were reviewed.


RESULTS
We developed and performed a modified MFDA utilizing a hemigingivobuccal incision, a transfixion incision, mucosal detachment of the pyriform aperture and separation of the upper lateral cartilage from the nasal bone in 27 patients with unilateral benign (85%) or malignant (15%) PNS neoplasms. Adequate surgical exposure was achieved in all cases. No technical problems and no intraoperative complications related to the surgical procedure were encountered.


CONCLUSIONS
Our modified MFDA provides sufficient surgical exposure for the removal of unilateral malignant or benign PNS tumours with few surgical or cosmetic complications.
Kim
Hyun Jik
HJ
Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Chang-Hoon
CH
Kang
Ju-Wan
JW
Shin
Woo-Chul
WC
Kim
Yoo Suk
YS
Do
Youn-Kyoung
YK
Lee
Jeung-Gweon
JG
Yoon
Joo-Heon
JH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult