Aim of the studyPresents our experience in reconstruction of postsurgical defects with use of temporal muscle flap.Material and methodsIn the years 1996–2010 we treated 10 patients with malignant neoplasms of maxillo-facial region. Following tumor removal the fascia-muscle flaps of temporal muscle were used for reconstruction. Temporal muscle flaps were applied in 5 cases for reconstructing the defect of eye socket tissue after extensive resections and in the other 5 patients was used for reconstructing the defect of palate following maxillary resections.ResultsAll the flaps of temporal muscle that were used for reconstructing eye sockets incorporated with no local reaction. In one case of flap applied into the oral cavity for tightly separate from nasal, partial necrosis of flap's edge and oro-nasal fistula occurred.ConclusionsFascia-muscular flap of temporal muscle is a simple, easy and effective method of tissue reconstruction in maxillo-facial region following extensive oncologic procedures.
Face cancer is one of the most common skin tumors and because of its locations is usually early diagnosed. In spite of this a lot of recurrence after surgical treatment are observed. It is caused a lack of proper margins in sequence of limitation excision because of esthetic and functional reasons. The recurrence of skin cancer primarily localized in periocular region and infiltrating intraorbital, ethmoidal and nasal tissues demand extensive and injurious surgical procedures. The authors present their experience in diagnostic and treatment patients with recurrent cancers infiltrating of ethmoid-orbito-nasal complex.
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