Open AccessLateral frontal galeal-cutaneous flap for reconstruction after orbital exenteration for advanced periorbital skin cancer
Author(s) -
Predrag Kovačević,
Jasmina Djordjević-Jocić,
Milan Radojković
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1809-170
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell carcinoma , surgery , orbit (dynamics) , deformity , eyelid , skin cancer , basal cell , superficial temporal artery , cancer , ischemia , middle cerebral artery , pathology , engineering , cardiology , aerospace engineering
Orbital exenteration (OE) is one of the most disfiguring procedures leading to significant deformity. Defect reconstruction is challenging, especially in elderly patients. Herein, experiences with orbital exenteration and primary reconstruction with lateral frontal galeal-cutaneous flap based on superficial temporal artery were reviewed.