Objectives: To report the long term results of a new surgical technique: a free prefabricated forearm flap for total reconstruction of the trachea.Study Design: Retrospective study from 2003 to 2008.Material and Methods: Five patients carrying long tracheal defects not ameanable for conventional techniques, all tracheostomy-dependent, were operated on: reconstruction of a neo-trachea with a totally autologous c...
Objective: To analyze the activity of the IPOLFG-EPE service of ENT related to angiofibroma; to determine if embolization is a factor which interferes with tumor persistence/ recurrence.Patients and methods: Retrospective study of 28 patients submitted to surgery for juvenile angiofibroma in the years 1990 to 2007. Statistical analysis was made with Spearman study Results: Five patients had tumour in stage IA, ...
Adjuvant radiotheropy plays nowadays an important role in the treatment of patients with laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. When used alone, radiotherapy has similar results as surgery in local control of tumors in early stage (I and 11). The effectiveness of radiotherapy in the treatment of cervical ganglionar metastasis remains controversial and there is a conviction that these metastasís a...
Basocellular carcinoma (BCC) is a relatively common skin malignancy. Since its etiopathogenesis is related to prolonged sun exposure, the external nose and the auricular region are potential risk areas, a reason why ENT specialists should be familiar with this entity.The authors present the case of a recurring auricular BCC with invasion of external auditory canal, submitted to a lateral temporal bane resection...
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