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TECNICHE DI RICOSTRUZIONE DELLA SUPERFICIE POSTERIORE DEL PADIGLIONE AURICOLARE E DELLA MASTOIDE CON LEMBI LOCALI
2007
B a c k g ro u n d. Reconstruction of the posterior auricular surface and of the mastoid has never been given much attention and there are no techniques described. The authors describe two techniques for reconstruction of these areas after cancer excision with local flaps. M e t h o d s . 13 patients have been treated after cancer resection with an advancement flap from the posterior auricular surface and a bilobed flap from the mastoid. R e s u l t s. All flaps healed uneventfully with a satisfactory aesthetic outcome. No relevant complications have been o b s e r v e d . C o n c l u s i o n s. Reconstruction of the posterior auricular surface and of the mastoid with the techniques describ…
Peripheral facial palsy following ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The lesson we have learned
2018
The most frequent complications after shunt surgery are infective and obstructive. Other types are less common, and eventually occur due to technical errors during brain ventricular puncture, opening the intraperitoneal cavity or the tunnelling of the catheter between the two points. Although rare, there are well-reported complications related to the poor positioning of the distal catheter, with perforation of organs and tissues.We report a very rare case of a male patient with normal pressure hydrocephalus submitted to ventriculoperitoneal shunt. During tunnelling of the shunt stylet, a peripheral facial palsy due to injury to the extra cranial segment of the facial nerve occurred.To the b…