Suneel Kumar Punjabi, Kashif Ali Channar, Altaf Ahmed Talpur, Munir Ahmed Banglani.
Mid face fracture; rigid fixation and its outcome.
Professional Med J Jan ;23(10):1221-6.

Background: Mid Face fractures remain one of the common injuries managed by Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons as routine practice. The goal of treatment in these fractures is the three-dimensional fixation and restoration of the severely disturbed anatomical structure of mid face so as to achieve pre-injury form and function. Study Design: Descriptive case series study. Setting: “Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Institute of Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro”. Period: January 2011 to November 2015. Materials and Methods: Sample size of 64 patients. Results: Among 64 study subjects, 46(71.90%) patients were male and 18(28%) patients were female, with male to female ratio 2.5:1. The age distribution showed that 11(55%) patients were <25 years, 23(45%) patients were <30years, 12 patients were <35 years and 8 patients were <40 years of age. The etiology of fracture showed that 42 fractures were due to RTA, 10 due to assault, 8 due to fall and 4 sports injuries. In thirty six Zygomatico-maxillary buttress procedure, in twenty four the frontozygomatic, and infraorbital rim fixation were done; but a mixture of web sites was needed in several cases. Conclusion: This study utilizing miniaturized scale plates has given us accurate and promising outcomes subsequently might be used and considered as a legitimate device for the management of middle third facial fractures.

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