Single stage reconstruction of scalp and skull using free muscle flap and titanium mesh in patients with epidural infection

J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 1996 Apr;24(2):118-21. doi: 10.1016/s1010-5182(96)80023-0.

Abstract

Simultaneous scalp and skull reconstruction using free muscle flap transfer and titanium mesh was performed in two patients with postoperative intracranial infection. The postoperative course in both patients was uneventful. The transferred flap was the latissimus dorsi muscle flap in one and a combination flap with the latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior muscle in another. The titanium mesh afforded satisfactory contour with only mild foreign-body reaction and could be applied simultaneously with the free muscle flap to the infected cranial wound.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Injuries / surgery
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Dura Mater / microbiology*
  • Dura Mater / surgery
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / transplantation*
  • Scalp / surgery*
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Skull / surgery*
  • Surgical Flaps / methods*
  • Surgical Mesh* / adverse effects
  • Surgical Wound Infection / surgery*
  • Titanium*

Substances

  • Titanium