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A SIMPLE RAPID METHOD OF FIXATION OF UNSTABLE ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES
Author(s) -
Cleland Heather,
Morrison Wayne A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1985.tb00954.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fixation (population genetics) , simple (philosophy) , orthodontics , zygomatic fractures , population , environmental health , philosophy , epistemology
A simple, effective and rapid method of fixation of unstable zygomatic fractures is described, in which a K‐wire is inserted percutaneously through the prominence of the fractured malar and stabilized by further passage through both maxillae. The results of 11 cases are discussed. The method is compared with other commonly used methods of fixation, and with other techniques for internal fixation with K‐wire previously described.