Fasciocutaneous Flap Side-to-Side V-Y: Fish Flap.

The use of fasciocutaneous flaps remain as first election of reconstructive method after remotion of tumors, benign lesions and sequel of traumas.A new designed fasciocutaneous flap according to mechanism V-Y like island flap is described. It has 2 different portions: 1.

Treatment Options in Maxillofacial Fractures.

From 2000 to 2010, 720 patients with facial trauma were admitted in Plastic Surgery Service of Argerich Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 58 of them with panfacial fractures were included in this study. Height velocity impact is the principal etiology, and most concomitant extrafacial injuries are neurocranium and cervical spine. Common affected areas were orbits, nose, and malar-zygoma.

Video-assisted resection in benign frontal tumors.

Soft and osseous tumors that develop into the frontal are the most profitable with the use of video-assisted surgery, thus avoiding also a visible scar. In the Department of Plastic Surgery at Argerich Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1999 to 2010, video-assisted operations were used in the treatment of 158 patients, 26 of them presented lipomas and osteomas into the frontal tissues. In all 26 patients, both local anesthesia and incisions behind the hairline were performed.

Giant cells mandibular lesion: surgical treatment with preservation of the dentition.

Giant cell tumors of the jaw (GCTJ) are common in the long bones but rare in the craniofacial region, with only 1% of cases occurring in the latter; they account for approximately 3% to 5% of all primary bone tumors and 15% to 20% of all benign bone tumors. The biologic behavior of central giant cell lesions of the jaws ranges from quiescent to aggressive with destructive expansion, and the clinical behavior of GCTJ of the jaws is variable and difficult to predict. A number of tumors that occur in the jaws contain giant cells but are not true benign giant cell tumors.

Video-assisted resection in mediofacial lateral tumors.

Tumors that developed into the soft tissues of the cheek rising from the anterior prolongation of the parotid gland, minor salivary glands, and the masseter muscle are the most profitable with the use of video-assisted surgery.In the Department of Plastic Surgery at Argerich Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1999 to 2010, video-assisted approaches were used in the treatment of 158 patients, 16 of them presented tumors that developed into the tissues of the cheek.Intraoral approach such as natural orifice surgery was performed in 13 cases; in the other 3 cases, a preauricular incision was performed.