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Cranio‐facial approach to ossifying fibromas
Author(s) -
Janecka Ivo P.,
Housepian Edgar
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198503000-00013
Subject(s) - ossifying fibroma , cranioplasty , orbit (dynamics) , medicine , fibroma , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , skull , anatomy , lesion , geometry , mathematics , engineering , aerospace engineering
A cranio‐facial approach to ossifying fibromas of the orbit and the anterior cranial base is described. Ten patients with a documented ossifying fibroma were operated on utilizing this surgical modality. Eight tumors were completely removed and two were subtotally resected. The surgical defects were reconstructed either with an autogenous bone graft or an aluminum/acrylic cranioplasty. Our surgery for ossifying fibromas accomplished a significant reduction or an elimination of ocular displacement as well as the reestablishment of cranial symmetry.