The operation was performed on a 31-year-old female patient with neurofibromatosis. Due to the disease, the patient had been operated on several times in her childhood. In recent years, she was under the care of the Neurosurgical Outpatient Clinic of SPSK No. 4 in Lublin.
- Normally,duringmedicalproceduresperformedin the ClinicalDepartment of NeurosurgeryandPediatricNeurosurgery, it isnotnecessary toperformskin pl ication at the same time, i.e. a transplantfromanotherpart of the patient ' s body. Inthisparticularcase, the tumorgrew fromthe orbitandspreadinto the facialskinandsubcutaneoustissue,deforming the face. Dueto the size of thetumor, the operationinvolvedremovingabout30percent ofthe patient 's face. Removal of the tumorwithoutsimultaneousreconstruction ofsuch a largedefectwould have beenimpossible.Therefore,inthiscase we planned toperforma multidiscipli... To gain access to the complete English section of the Medexpress.pl, kindly reach out to us at [email protected].Content locked
