title: The role of the superior turbinate flap in skull base reconstruction.
abstract: We describe surgical treatment of a hemangiopericytoma in the anterior skull base and nasal cavity. The patient underwent a novel method of anterior skull base reconstruction, using the superior turbinate and cerebral falx, which was successful. The patient did not develop a cerebrospinal fluid leak or intracranial infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, 50 Xiang Shan Yi-ke-song, Haidian, Beijing 100093, China.
authors.forename: Mingshan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chunjiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery*; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*