Repair of the defect left by orbital malignant tumor excision using the super-width forehead musculocutaneous flap / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: Orbital malignant tumor tends to infiltrate the skin,muscle and maxillae antrum.Its treatment requires enlarged surgery,which may cause bone exposure and make it difficult to repair the big wound.The purpose of this study was to explore the method of using the super-width forehead musculocutaneous flap to repair the postoperative wound.Methods: Based on the features of arterial anastomisis,we used super-width forehead musculocutaneous flaps,with the supraorbital and supratrochlear arteries as the pedicle,to repair the wound following surgical excision of orbital malignant tumor in 6 patients.Results: The wounds of the 6 patients were 5?5 to 8?9 cm2 in size,with the related part of the skull exposed.The musculocutaneous flaps survived in all the patients and all the wounds were successfully repaired in the primary stage.Conclusion: It is a good option to repair the defect left by orbital malignant tumor excision using super-width forehead musculocutaneous flaps with the supraorbital and supratrochlear arteries as the pedicle.