Management of locally aggressive sinus disease using craniofacial exposure and the galeal frontalis fascia-muscle flap

Plast Reconstr Surg. 1993 Dec;92(7):1219-25; discussion 1226.

Abstract

Histologically, benign sinus diseases can behave aggressively, potentially causing sight- and life-threatening conditions requiring surgical treatment. Four patients illustrating acute and chronic infection, single and multiple sinus polyposis, and mucoceles are presented and discussed to illustrate how the principles of craniofacial exposure, resection, and reconstruction may be employed to treat aggressive sinus disease. The bicoronal and buccal sulcus approaches minimize visible scarring; wide exposure of the orbital contents and dura reduce the risk of excessive bleeding, neurologic complications, and orbital volume derangements. Immediate cranial bone grafting and the well-vascularized galeal-frontalis myofascial flap obliterate the dead space and isolate the extradural space from contaminated facial cavities, diminishing the risk of infection. The craniofacial surgical approach is particularly appropriate for the management of aggressive frontoethmoidal and multiple sinus involvement because it allows the treatment of sinus cavities under direct vision and complete resection of sinus disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Craniotomy*
  • Ethmoid Sinus
  • Face / surgery
  • Female
  • Frontal Sinus
  • Frontal Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Frontal Sinusitis / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Maxillary Sinus
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucocele / diagnostic imaging
  • Mucocele / surgery*
  • Nasal Polyps / diagnostic imaging
  • Nasal Polyps / surgery*
  • Radiography
  • Sphenoid Sinus
  • Surgical Flaps*