Combined craniofacial resection for locally advanced carcinoma of the head and neck II. Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses.

Twenty-eight patients with T3 and T4 carcinomas of the paranasal sinuses underwent orbital exenteration and combined craniofacial resection of the anterior and middle cranial fossa and the soft tissues of the face. Three patients died from the procedure and nine had nonfatal complications. Seventy-two percent of the patients with carcinoma of the maxillary antrum are free of disease at 3 years and 50 percent are free of disease at 5 years.