FRACTURES OF ANTERIOR FRONTAL SINUS WALL AND SUPERIOR EYE-SOCKET WALL RELATED TO A CLINICAL CASE
Abstract:
The fractures of the frontal sinuses represent around 5-15% of the total combined cranio-facial
trauma. Frontal bone fractures are usually produced through impaction, also leading to injuries of the
paranasal, orbital and frontal sinuses. As a general rule, open reduction and fracture immobilization with
wicks and osteosynthesis plates is bespoken. There are many clues regarding surgical procedure in case of
frontal bone trauma. First of all, and probably the most obvious of them all, is the case of impacted
fractures. The current paper points out the benefits of the huge progress made in the medical field during
the last 20 years in relation to the surgical treatment and imagistic methods of diagnosis in case of major
cranio-maxillofacial trauma. Immediately after the imagistic diagnosis of the comminuted frontal bone and
the superior eye-socket wall fractures, the surgical treatment is being elected, more specifically the
reduction and immobilization of the fractures. Material used: osteosynthesis plates, titanium screws and
wick, the practitioner considering clinical, paraclinical and anamnestic data.
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