The Role of Free Tissue Transfer in the Management of Chronic Frontal Sinus Osteomyelitis
Rimmer RA, Duffy AN, Knops AM, Rabinowitz MR, Koszewski IJ, Rosen MR, Ortlip T, Heffelfinger RN, Garcia HG, Evans JJ, Nyquist GG, Curry JM. The Role of Free Tissue Transfer in the Management of Chronic Frontal Sinus Osteomyelitis. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 1497-1504. PMID: 30549281, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree tissue transferFrontal sinus osteomyelitisFrontal bone osteomyelitisTissue transferExtensive debridementOverall complication rateRetrospective chart reviewFrontal sinus infectionChronic frontal sinusitisNumber of surgeriesPlanned courseSignificant debridementPostoperative antibioticsChart reviewComplication rateDefinitive treatmentPostoperative infectionSinus infectionOpen surgeryRecurrent infectionsSurgical interventionSingle institutionSurgical dataFrontal sinusitisSimultaneous cranioplasty