Lesiones etmoidales con extensión secundaria: Estrategia quirúrgica y complicaciones

Abstract

The removal of ethmoidal tumors with secondary extension to the cranial base and/or facial region involves a high complexity and it is associated to a high morbility. Objective: To determine the results of craniofacial surgery in patient with ethmoid extended tumors. Methods: It was carried out a traverse retrospective descriptive study. The sample was conformed by the patients intervened surgically of anterior cranial base lesions by means of a combined craneofacial surgery during the period: January of the 2009 to January of the 2012 in the National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology with a 2 year pursuit. Descriptive statistical variables were used. Results: 20 patients were intervened. The age average was of 44,8 years. It prevail the masculine sex (65%). Nasal obstruction constitutes the most frequent presentation. Adenocarcinoma and epidermoid carcinoma constituted the most frequent malignant lesions. Inside the benign lesions prevail the inverted papiloma. The techniques more employees were the bilateral frontal craneotomy and total etmoidectomy. The most frequent complication was the cerebrospinal fluid leak. The 2 years overall survival in patients with malignant lesions was 35%. Conclusions: A high number of complications was identified but they didn't affect the survival neither the quality of life. An acceptable rate of survival was achieved in malignant lesions.