Non-melanoma tumours of the face: Reconstruction of large defects

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2005

Authors

Da Silva, PN (Author) Other; Costa-Ferreira A (Author) FMUP; Ferreira, P (Author) Other; Silva, A (Author) Other; Reis, J (Author) Other; Amarante J (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Skin Cancer

Vol. 20

Pages: 95-102

ISSN: 0871-2549

Publisher: Revismedica

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Authenticus ID: P-007-DTY

Abstract (EN): During 2000-2003, 103 patients were submitted to surgery for non-melanoma facial skin cancer. Among them, 73 had basal-cell carcinomas, 29 had squamous-cell carcinomas and 1 patient had a sebaceous carcinoma. The majority of our patients (84.5%) were treated in ambulatory. Among all the patients submitted to surgery, 36 needed the use of a complex procedure (skin graft or pedicled flap) to close the loss of substance that resulted from the tumour excision. Of those, 91.7% were treated with flaps, and 8.3% with skin grafts. The need for a complex procedure was not related to the age or sex of the patient nor to the histological characterisation. A highly significant difference, p < 0.005, was found only for the anatomical area of the tumour. Plastic and reconstructive surgery has an important role in the resolution of these kind of problems, being essential when the resulting defect of a tumour excision reveals evident aesthetic deformity, if directly closed, or if it is impossible to close without the use of complex procedures.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific