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Calvarial Bone Grafts and Temporalis Muscle Flap for Midfacial Reconstruction After Maxillary Tumor Resection: A Long-term Retrospective Evaluation of 17 Patients.

Cenzi R, Carinci F

From the *Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Rovigo Civil Hospital, Rovigo, Italy; and †Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Midfacial reconstruction after radical oncological resection is a challenging endeavor and several options can be employed: prosthethic devices, pedicled flaps (with or without the aid of autologous or alloplastic grafts), and microvascular flaps. Each technique has specific indications, advantages and disadvantages.The use of traditional surgical reconstructive procedures seems to be shifted nowadays by microvascular free flaps. Nevertheless, in our experience the myofascial temporalis flap associated with free calvarial bone grafts demonstrate to be a safe and versatile option in primary midfacial reconstruction. From this point of view the authors have developed a technique for one-stage reconstruction of the orbito-maxillary skeleton and soft tissues and without the use of microsurgical flaps; this surgical procedure can be used only on patients for whom a resection of the cutaneous tissues and exenteratio orbitae are not necessary. The aims of this paper is to describe the surgical technique and to show a retrospective analysis on 17 patients which underwent midfacial radical resection and immediate reconstruction with calvarial bone grafts and temporalis muscle flap along 15 years.

Published 22 November 2006 in J Craniofac Surg, 17(6): 1092-1104.
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