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Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.
Letter to the Editor
In Response to Simultaneous Pericranial and Nasoseptal Flap Reconstruction of Anterior Skull Base Defects Following Endoscopic-Assisted Craniofacial Resection
In Reply: We would like to thank you for your interest in our published article. We are glad that this procedure has been utilized for similar reasons.1 We would like to point out that the we presented and submitted our article titled “Simultaneous Pericranial and Nasoseptal Flap Reconstruction of Anterior Skull Base Defects Following Endoscopic-Assisted Craniofacial Resection” to the Annual Academy Meeting in Washington, DC on September 10, 2012, before your published article’s availability on PubMed in October 2012.1 This is the reason your article was not referenced. As demonstrated in both articles, the vascularized nasoseptal flap provides additional support, particularly in areas of weakness such as the planum sphenoidale. Another use for the simultaneous pericranial and nasoseptal flap reconstructive technique not discussed in the article by Eloy et al.1 is in the setting of possible poor wound healing from preoperative chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Three of our four patients who underwent preoperative chemotherapy and radiation were
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successfully reconstructed without postoperative complications (e.g., recurrent cerebrospinal fluid leak) utilizing this technique.2 MOHAMAD R. CHAABAN, MD AJAZ CHAUDHRY, MD BRADFORD A. WOODWORTH, MD Department of Surgery/Division of Otolaryngology University of Alabama at Birmingham
KRISTEN O. RILEY, MD Department of Neurosurgery University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Eloy JA, Choudhry OJ, Christiano LD, Ajibade DV, Liu JK. Double flap technique for reconstruction of anterior skull base defects after craniofacial tumor resection: technical note. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2013;3: 425–430. 2. Chaaban MR, Chaudhry A, Riley KO, Woodworth BA. Simultaneous pericranial and nasoseptal flap reconstruction of anterior skull base defects following endoscopic-assisted craniofacial resection. Laryngoscope 2013; 123:2383–2386.
Chaaban, Chaudhry, and Riley: Letter to the Editor
Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.
Letter to the Editor
In Response to Simultaneous Pericranial and Nasoseptal Flap Reconstruction of Anterior Skull Base Defects Following Endoscopic-Assisted Craniofacial Resection
In Reply: We would like to thank you for your interest in our published article. We are glad that this procedure has been utilized for similar reasons.1 We would like to point out that the we presented and submitted our article titled “Simultaneous Pericranial and Nasoseptal Flap Reconstruction of Anterior Skull Base Defects Following Endoscopic-Assisted Craniofacial Resection” to the Annual Academy Meeting in Washington, DC on September 10, 2012, before your published article’s availability on PubMed in October 2012.1 This is the reason your article was not referenced. As demonstrated in both articles, the vascularized nasoseptal flap provides additional support, particularly in areas of weakness such as the planum sphenoidale. Another use for the simultaneous pericranial and nasoseptal flap reconstructive technique not discussed in the article by Eloy et al.1 is in the setting of possible poor wound healing from preoperative chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Three of our four patients who underwent preoperative chemotherapy and radiation were
Laryngoscope 124: April 2014
E150
successfully reconstructed without postoperative complications (e.g., recurrent cerebrospinal fluid leak) utilizing this technique.2 MOHAMAD R. CHAABAN, MD AJAZ CHAUDHRY, MD BRADFORD A. WOODWORTH, MD Department of Surgery/Division of Otolaryngology University of Alabama at Birmingham
KRISTEN O. RILEY, MD Department of Neurosurgery University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Eloy JA, Choudhry OJ, Christiano LD, Ajibade DV, Liu JK. Double flap technique for reconstruction of anterior skull base defects after craniofacial tumor resection: technical note. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2013;3: 425–430. 2. Chaaban MR, Chaudhry A, Riley KO, Woodworth BA. Simultaneous pericranial and nasoseptal flap reconstruction of anterior skull base defects following endoscopic-assisted craniofacial resection. Laryngoscope 2013; 123:2383–2386.
Chaaban, Chaudhry, and Riley: Letter to the Editor
