22/Apr/2025
Modified palatal flap via soft palate for skull base reconstruction
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2025AO1247
Highlights ■ The use of a pedicled palatal flap via the soft palate offers the advantage of low harvesting complexity. ■ The flap demonstrates highly positive metric data supporting its technical feasibility for reconstructing the skull base and adjacent regions. ■ Drilling is not necessary to enlarge the greater palatine foramen in this technique, which reduces the chances of injury to the vascular pedicle and surgical time. ABSTRACT Objective: Given the importance of vascularized flaps, this study presents a new […]
Keywords: Cranial fossa; Flap; Nasal surgical procedure; Palate; Paranasal sinuses; Posterior; Skull base; Soft; Tomography, x-ray computed
09/Mar/2021
Sinus computed tomography findings in patients with COVID-19
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2021AO6255
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze computed tomography scans of paranasal sinuses of a series of patients with coronavirus disease 2019, and correlate the findings with the disease. Methods: Computed tomography scans of 95 adult patients who underwent a polymerase chain reaction test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 were analyzed. Clinical data were obtained from patients’ records and telephone calls. Paranasal sinus opacification was graded and compared according to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 positivity. Results: Of the patients […]
Keywords: Coronavirus infections; Paranasal sinuses; Rhinitis; Tomography, x-ray computed