CORRECTION THE SKULL BASE AND MIDFACE DEFECTS AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE WIDESPREAD CRANIO-MAXILLARY TUMORS

Abstract

Introduction. Performance the radical surgical treatment in patients with widespread cranio-maxillary tumors is followed by appearance of extensive defects.Objective. To explore the possibility of the applying the basic methods of eliminating defects cranio-maxillary localization after surgical treatment of tumors and their impact on quality of life and survival.Material and methods. The results of surgical treatment of 94 patients with the widespread cranio-maxillary tumors, depending on the performed type of the surgery and method of eliminating postoperative defects were analyzed.Results. Efficiency of different methods of reconstruction of defects of the midface and anterior skull base and their impact on quality of life and survival after the surgery were estimated. The use of general oncological methods in combination with the methods of the primary effectively correction of formed defects allows to achieve better results in the treatment of patients with widespread cranio-maxillary tumors.

Keywords

• skull base
• tumor
• defect
• plastic
• quality of life
• survival