title: Intraoral transposition of pedicled temporalis muscle flap followed by zygomatic implant placement.
abstract: Despite the recent advances of sophisticated reconstructive surgical techniques, management of maxillectomy defects continues to be challenging. For a selected group of patients, who cannot sustain a sophisticated microsurgical reconstructive procedure, a prosthetic obturator is indicated to separate the oral cavity from the sinonasal cavities. After the development of the osseointegration concept, dental implants have proven to be indicated for the rehabilitation of patients who underwent maxillectomy. Recently, surgeons can use a computer-assisted software package, which enables them to insert implants after a detailed analysis of the residual bone. For some patients with limited amount of residual maxillary bone, unusual surgical sites such as the zygomatic complex have been tested. We introduce a successful 2-step surgical procedure using a pedicled temporalis muscle flap and zygomatic implant placement to reconstruct a maxillary defect after oncological resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Azienda Ospedaliera, Carità University of Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pia
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aluffi
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Crespi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arcuri
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brucoli
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benech
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery*