Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction, Volume 13, Issue 1

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Introduction: According to national trauma databases, 25% of all people injured have some type of facial injury. The gold standard for diagnosing bony trauma of the facial skeleton has been computed tomography (CT) scan. In 2011, the “Wisconsin crite...

Aims: The purpose of this article was to study and devise a classification of fracture patterns of the mandibular ramus to facilitate management. Methods: Mandibular ramus fracture demographics in literature were reviewed along with evaluation of the...

Introduction: Health-care disparities have been reported throughout medical literature for decades. While blatant explicit bias is not prevalent, a substantial body of research has been published suggesting that systemic biases related to sex, race,...

Introduction: The treatment of mandibular condyle fractures remains a controversial topic in maxillofacial surgery. No uniform treatment protocol is currently available. Purpose: We performed a retrospective monocentric cohort study of patients with...

Purpose: This article reviews cases of nasolacrimal obstruction (NLO) secondary to maxillofacial hardware placement. Methods: A retrospective review was performed at a single institution from 2012 to 2017 of patients with NLO following maxillofacial...

Introduction: Fractures of the zygomatic bone can present with complicated aesthetic and neurological pathology. Specifically, management of isolated zygomatic fracture has been sparsely discussed in the literature, and most studies are based upon ol...

Background: There are multiple approaches to repairing orbital floor fractures. This study compares the postoperative complications of the subciliary and transconjunctival approaches. Methods: The electronic medical records from 2 hospitals were scre...

Treatment of orbital floor fractures is predicated on the restoration of orbital volume to prevent enophthalmos or hypoglobus. Globe position is the result of a complex interplay between the bony orbital anatomy and the soft tissue envelope. Studies...

Management of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is mainly through surgical intervention. Interpositional materials are a necessity when it comes to prevention of TMJ re-ankylosis after arthroplasty. Early aggressive postoperative physiotherapy...

Purpose: This article aims to compare the difference in postoperative results in patients treated with either a patient-specific (PSI) or a stock temporomandibular total joint replacement system. Materials and Methods: The investigators performed a s...

Context: Palatal defects are encountered following tumor extirpation, trauma, or congenitally. Among the known alternatives, radial artery free forearm flap (RAFF) is a versatile flap that confers good results in head and neck reconstruction, but don...