Refining reconstructive arsenal: Free omental flap with autologous bone graft for complex craniofacial defects after
Larissa Lanzaro1, Leonor Caixeiro1, Daniel Baptista1
1Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Serviço de Cirurgia Plástica Reconstrutiva, Craniomaxilofacial e Mão, Unidade de Microcirurgia. Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Rua Conceição Fernandes S/N, 4434-502 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
JPRAS Open
|January 25, 2024
Abstract:
Skull osteoradionecrosis may happen after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. Here in, the authors present a case of intracranial carcinoma with osteoradionecrosis and exposure of frontal bone with a large communication between nasal cavity and anterior fossa associated. The patient was successfully treated with resection of the tumor and reconstruction omentum free flap wrapped around autologous bone graft.
