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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 37(4); 1994 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1994;37(4): 807-16.
Infratemporal Fossa Approach for Dissection of Pterygoid Area in Radical Maxillectomy
Eun Chang Choi, MD, and Young-Ho Kim,MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
상악골절제술시 익돌부위 절제를 위한 측두하와 접근법
최은창 · 김영호
연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Maxillary cancer is usually detected late, and the majority of patients have advanced(T3 or T4) diseases at the first diagnosis. It invades outside the maxillary antrum, superiorly the orbit, ethmoid sinus and the anterior cranial base, anteriorly the facial skin. If the cancer extends through the posterior antral wall, the pterygoid plates, pterygoid muscles and infratemporal fossa are to be involved that make the conventional maxillectomy impossible to remove all the involved structures in infratemporal fossa completely. So, more extensive surgical approach is necessary. We report surgical experience using infratemporal fossa approach(lateral facial approach) in three cases of maxillary cancer which extends through the posterior antral wall and involving pterygoid muscles, pterygoid plates and temporalis muscle.

Keywords: Radical maxillectomyLateral facial approachPterygoid fossa dissection.
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