Reconstruction of Anterior Skull Base After Cleaver Trauma: Combined Use of Fascia Lata and Middle Turbinate Flap in a Patient with Concha Bullosa.

Serdar Mete, Mustafa Cenk Ecevit
Author Information
  1. Serdar Mete: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eyl��l University, School of Medicine, ��zmir, T��rkiye. ORCID
  2. Mustafa Cenk Ecevit: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eyl��l University, School of Medicine, ��zmir, T��rkiye. ORCID

Abstract

This video article presents a 47-year-old male patient who presented to the emergency department after a cleaver bounced off the grinding wheel and lodged between his eyebrows. The patient complained of clear nasal drainage since the Trauma. Computed tomography showed a comminuted displaced fracture starting from the right frontonasal recess and extending along the right ethmoid roof. The patient underwent surgery. The skull base defect was reconstructed with a free fascia lata graft in the first operation. In the second session, the reconstruction of the skull base was reinforced with a flap that was prepared from the middle turbinate with the concha bullosa. The patient was followed for eight months. The patient's symptoms resolved completely and there was no evidence of rhinorrhoea or any other complication at the control examination. No complications were seen on control magnetic resonance imaging.

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