Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Volume 21 Issue 3
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- Pages.312-316
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- 1999
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- 2288-8101(pISSN)
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- 2288-8586(eISSN)
TREATMENT OF THE 'BLOW-OUT' FRACTURE USING MICRO-TITANIUM MESH
Micro-titanium mesh를 이용한 안와저 골절의 외과적 처치에 대한 연구
- Kim, Seong-Gon (Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jinhae Military Hospital) ;
- Jeon, Young-Du (Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Byekjae Hospital) ;
- Yun, Kyoung-In (Dept. of Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, Catholic University)
- Received : 1999.05.28
- Accepted : 1999.07.05
- Published : 1999.09.30
Abstract
When the external force was applied to the orbit the most thin area might be displaced. These were usually orbital floor and/or medial wall of orbit. Among these cases some who showed the entrapment of the muscle between the fractured fragments needed the surgical treatment. We had operated 4 cases of the "blow-out" fracture via subciliary approach. The entrapped muscles were freed from fragments and the bony defect was restored with micro-titanium mesh. Mean follow-up periods was 15 months and there were no complication observed.