JPRAS Open (Mar 2024)
Refining reconstructive arsenal: Free omental flap with autologous bone graft for complex craniofacial defects after tumor resection and frontal osteoradionecrosis
Abstract
Summary: Skull osteoradionecrosis may happen after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. Here in, the authors present a case of intracranial carcinoma with osteoradionecrosis and exposure of frontal bone with a large communication between nasal cavity and anterior fossa associated. The patient was successfully treated with resection of the tumor and reconstruction omentum free flap wrapped around autologous bone graft.