OUTER TABLE GRAFT IN MIDDLE FOSSA SURGERY

Authors
LINSTROM CJ KRAJEWSKI MJ SHAPIRO AL CARUANA S
Citation
Cj. Linstrom et al., OUTER TABLE GRAFT IN MIDDLE FOSSA SURGERY, Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, 111(1), 1994, pp. 70-75
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01945998
Volume
111
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
70 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0194-5998(1994)111:1<70:OTGIMF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We describe a surgical technique in which the middle fossa craniotomy ordinarily used for facial nerve decompression and related surgery is extended superiorly to allow the harvest of a split-thickness calvaria l graft. This graft allows the tegmen defect in middle fossa surgery t o be repaired without shortening the original craniotomy plate. Avoidi ng the usual temporoparietal depression after middle cranial fossa sur gery is both a structural and cosmetic benefit for the patient.