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Skull Base 2008; 18(6): 363-370
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087218
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087218
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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The Palatal Overlap Flap: A Modification of the Maxillary Swing Procedure to Prevent Ascending Infection
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Publication History
Publication Date:
07 October 2008 (online)
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ABSTRACT
The maxillary swing procedure provides an excellent approach to the anterior skull base region and to the clivus. The osteotomy should not be standard; it should vary with the size and position of the central skull base tumor being resected. The main reason for publishing this article is to draw attention to a method of preventing ascending infection from the oral cavity to the intracranial area using the palatal overlap flap. Examples of this approach are provided.
KEYWORDS
Weber-Fergusson incision - central skull base - clivus - osteotomy - galeal flap - palatal overlap flap
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