Artículos de revistas
Horizontal Maxillary Osteotomy Approach for Resection of Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
Fecha
2011Registro en:
JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, v.22, n.3, p.1027-1030, 2011
1049-2275
10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182101698
Autor
AVELAR, Rafael Linard
SANTOS, Thiago de Santana
ANTUNES, Antonio Azoubel
DOURADO, Edwaldo
LAUREANO FILHO, Jose Rodrigues
Institución
Resumen
Juvenile angiofibroma is a benign fibroangiomatous tumor of relatively rare occurrence, developing most frequently in male adolescents. It has local characteristics of aggressiveness and expansion. The treatment of choice is surgical excision. In this article, the advantages and disadvantages of the surgical technique using the Le Fort I osteotomy are described, and the literature correlated with 2 case reports.