[Combined paralateronasal and cervical approaches for malignant maxillo-mandibular tumors extending to the infratemporal fossa]

F El Ouakif; D Manu; F Decourselle; D Schultheis

doi:10.1016/j.revsto.2013.05.002

[Combined paralateronasal and cervical approaches for malignant maxillo-mandibular tumors extending to the infratemporal fossa]

Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac Chir Orale. 2013 Dec;114(6):372-6. doi: 10.1016/j.revsto.2013.05.002. Epub 2013 Jul 5.

[Article in French]

Authors

F El Ouakif¹, D Manu², F Decourselle², D Schultheis²

Affiliations

¹ Service de carcinologie cervico-faciale, centre Henri-Becquerel, rue d'Amiens, 76038 Rouen, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Service de carcinologie cervico-faciale, centre Henri-Becquerel, rue d'Amiens, 76038 Rouen, France.

PMID: 25827053
DOI: 10.1016/j.revsto.2013.05.002

Abstract

Introduction: The common anterior paralateronasal approach for malignant maxillo-mandibular tumors extending to the infratemporal fossa is usually difficult, insufficient, or even dangerous.

Technical note: We report a new approach for tumors extending to the infratemporal fossa. It combines a paralateronasal and a cervical approach indicated for tumors extending to the infratemporal fossa, requiring a total monoblock excision of the tumor with as little esthetic sequel as possible.

Discussion: The main interest of this technique is to offer a large exposure of the facial skeleton and the tumor, and to spare cervical vascular structures.

Keywords: Head and neck neoplasms; Surgical approach; Tumeurs de la tête et du cou; Voie chirurgicale.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
Humans
Male
Mandibular Neoplasms / pathology
Mandibular Neoplasms / surgery*
Maxillary Neoplasms / pathology
Maxillary Neoplasms / surgery*
Middle Aged
Neck / surgery*
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Nose / surgery*
Oral Surgical Procedures / methods*
Temporal Bone / pathology