A CLINICAL STUDY ON MIDFACIAL FRACTURE.
- Author:
Tae Kyu KIM
;
Yeong Cheol CHO
;
Dong Kyu YANG
;
In Kyo CHUNG
;
Jong Ryoul KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Brain Injuries;
Dental Occlusion;
Humans;
Incidence;
Maxilla;
Orbit;
Skull Base;
Sutures;
Tooth;
Wounds and Injuries;
Zygoma;
Zygomatic Fractures
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
1997;23(3):458-464
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The midface are bounded by a line connecting the two zygomaticofrontal suture, passing through the frontomaxillary and frontonasal suture, and limited below by the occlusal plane of maxillary teeth. Midface fractures include fractures affecting the maxilla, the zygoma, and the nasoorbital ethmoid complex. Midface fractures can be classified as LeFort 1, II, III fractures, sygomaticomaxillary complex fractures, zygomatic arch frationctures, or nasoorbital ethmoid fractures. These injuries may be isolated or occur in combine. And sort tissue injuries to the facial structures are commonly encountered in the treatment of midface fractured patient. Soft tissue wounds may be limited to the superficial structures, but more serious injuries may extend to involve anatomic structures such as the sensory and motor nerves of the face; the parotid, or nasolacrimal glands or ducts ; or the dentoalveolar structures. Especially, these fractures are combined with the orbit, brain injuries and skull base fractures. This is to report the incidence, causes, criteria, complication and treatments of patients who visited our department for midface fracture, for last 10 years.
