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Comparison of complications following frontal sinus fractures managed with exploration with or without obliteration over 10 years
Author(s) -
Wilson Brian C.,
Davidson Bruce,
Corey Jacquelynne P.,
Haydon Richard C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198805000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , frontal sinus , etiology , surgery , incidence (geometry) , skull fracture , sinus (botany) , skull , physics , botany , optics , biology , genus
Two hundred twelve patients were treated for facial or skull trauma at the West Virginia University Hospital between the years 1977 and 1987. Sixty‐she of these patients had frontal sinus or nasofrontal duct trauma. Follow‐up information was obtained on 64 of these patients through clinic visits, chart review, questionnaires to patients and physicians, and telephone calls to the patients. Follow‐up greater than 1 year was obtained on 52 patients. Sixty‐four patients were managed either with a frontal sinus obliteration or with an open exploratory procedure. The incidence of complications occurring in the past 10 years after each of these procedures is compared. Because the indications for each procedure vary somewhat, data is presented on fracture etiology, associated injuries, specific fracture location, fracture displacement, severity of injury, and associated cerebrospinal fluid leaks.