Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Abstract
Surgical resection plays a main role in the management of complex
tumors involving the skull base. Advances in reconstructive surgery has
made these resections to be carried out with less morbidity and better
outcome in terms of disease control and functional rehabilitation. The
reconstruction methods range from utilizing local galeal tissue to
distant tissues transferred as free flaps. The reconstructive methods
can be grouped according to the area of the skull base reconstructed,
namely, the anterior, middle or posterior skull base. The article
reviews the anatomical tissue requirement at each of these subsites and
the suitable method available. At the end of the article, the readers
should be able to understand the anatomical and functional requirements
after skull base resection and should be able to plan the
reconstruction using an algorithmic approach