Oncologic and traumatic neurosurgery may have to cope with the issue of skull base defects, which are associated with increased risk of meningitis, epidural abscess and cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) leak. The aim of skull base reconstruction is to repair the dural exposure and to separate the intracranial contents from the nonsterile sino-nasal cavities and extracranial space. Currently, many different surgical techniques have been described, and one of the most performed is the use free flap. In the present paper we performed a case-based update and literature review of the use of chimeric anterolateral thigh free flap harvested from rectus femoris, reporting the case of a 68-year-old man with recurrent spheno-ethmoidalis plane meningioma.

Auricchio, A. M., Mazzucchi, E., Rapisarda, A., Sabatino, G., Della Pepa, G. M., Visconti, G., Salgarello, M., Olivi, A., La Rocca, G., Chimeric anterolateral thigh flap in skull base reconstruction: A case-based update and literature review, <<BRAIN SCIENCES>>, 2021; 11 (8): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.3390/brainsci11081076] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/206777]

Chimeric anterolateral thigh flap in skull base reconstruction: A case-based update and literature review

Auricchio, A. M.;Mazzucchi, E.;Rapisarda, A.;Sabatino, G.;Della Pepa, G. M.;Visconti, G.;Salgarello, M.;Olivi, A.;La Rocca, G.
2021

Abstract

Oncologic and traumatic neurosurgery may have to cope with the issue of skull base defects, which are associated with increased risk of meningitis, epidural abscess and cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) leak. The aim of skull base reconstruction is to repair the dural exposure and to separate the intracranial contents from the nonsterile sino-nasal cavities and extracranial space. Currently, many different surgical techniques have been described, and one of the most performed is the use free flap. In the present paper we performed a case-based update and literature review of the use of chimeric anterolateral thigh free flap harvested from rectus femoris, reporting the case of a 68-year-old man with recurrent spheno-ethmoidalis plane meningioma.
2021
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Auricchio, A. M., Mazzucchi, E., Rapisarda, A., Sabatino, G., Della Pepa, G. M., Visconti, G., Salgarello, M., Olivi, A., La Rocca, G., Chimeric anterolateral thigh flap in skull base reconstruction: A case-based update and literature review, <<BRAIN SCIENCES>>, 2021; 11 (8): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.3390/brainsci11081076] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/206777]
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