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Results With Microvascular Reconstruction

Kerry D. Olsen, MD; N. Bradly Meland, MD; Michael J. Ebersold, MD; George B. Bartley, MD; James A. Garrity, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;118(8):828-833.

Abstract
• We performed microvascular free-tissue reconstruction of extensive defects in the sino-orbital region in 11 patients. Reconstructions were immediate in 10 patients and delayed in one patient. There was loss of orbit in eight patients, maxilla in eight patients, cranial base in two patients, and skin and soft tissue of the face in six patients. Nine rectus abdominis flaps, one radial forearm flap, and one lateral arm flap were used. Palatal reconstruction with autologous tissue was successful in all patients. Cranial base repairs healed without sequelae or evidence of meningitis. Cosmetically, soft-tissue repair of facial skin was only satisfactory. For large defects, it was difficult to reconstruct the palate and facial soft tissue and to maintain nasal airway patency with a single microvascular procedure. Free-tissue transfers remain the safest and most versatile reconstructive procedure for massive sino-orbital defects after ablation of a tumor.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;118:828-833)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Otorhinolaryngology (Dr Olsen), Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Dr Meland), Neurologic Surgery (Dr Ebersold), and Ophthalmology (Drs Bartley and Garrity), Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 11, 1992.

Presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgeons, Waikaloa, Hawaii, May 7, 1991.

Reprint requests to Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905 (Dr Olsen).

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