Condylotomy or Vertical Subsigmoid Osteotomy With a Mandibulotomy Anterior to the Mental Foramen for Improved Access to the Parapharyngeal Space Tumors

Abstract

Two articles on modified double mandibular osteotomy for tumors of the parapharyngeal space were published in 2003. In June 2003, Lazaridis and Antoniades 1 Lazaridis N. Antoniades K. Double mandibular osteotomy with coronoidectomy for tumors in the parapharyngeal space. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003; 41: 142 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (28) Google Scholar described a double mandibular osteotomy with coronoidectomy to improve access to the most common tumors from the deep lobe of the parotid. In December of the same year, Smith et al 2 Smith G.I. Brennan P.A. Webb A.A. et al. Vertical ramus osteotomy combined with a parasymphyseal mandibulotomy for improved access to the parapharyngeal space. Head Neck. 2003; 12: 100 Google Scholar described a double mandibular osteotomy to enhance the exposure of the parapharyngeal space with possible access up to the skull base. They have carried out this technique in 3 cases of carotid body tumors that extended toward the skull base.