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The morbidity associated with fifty maxillary fractures treated by closed reduction.

Fifty patients with maxillary fractures treated by closed reduction over an 85 month period at a Level I trauma center were reviewed. Thirty patients (60%) experienced forty-one midfacial complications. The most frequent problems were infraorbital nerve paresthesia (12), enophthalmus (5), septal deviation (3), and altered vision (3). No relationship could be established between complications and age, sex, cause of injury, or the method of suspension used. Most complications were related to concomitant injury or the concurrent management of fractures of other facial bones. Only eight problems (16%) were directly attributed to the closed reduction of maxillary fractures. Patients treated by closed reduction and maxillomandibular fixation without suspension experienced no surgical complications.

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[Late results of treatment of maxillary fractures].

In the period of 3 years, from 1984 to 1986 in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Stomatology, Medical Academy in Warsaw 230 patients were treated for maxillary fractures. Late results of this treatment were assessed in 102 patients coming for control examinations in 1988. In the assessment of the therapeutic results the following features were considered: facial symmetry, proportions of three facial segments, functions of the visual system and stomatognathic system, nasal patency, and sensory disturbances in the area innervated by the infraorbital nerves. On the basis of this late assessment of the results of treatment of these fractures it was found that the definite morphological-functional and aesthetic results were unsatisfactory in cases of Le Fort III and II type maxillary fractures. This points out that the therapeutic methods used as yet are not sufficiently satisfactory and other methods should be evolved.

Evaluation Studies as Topic

[The effectiveness of selected surgical methods in the treatment of zygomatico-maxillary fractures].

In a period of 3 years, from 1984 to 1986 in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Stomatology, Medical Academy in Warsaw 442 patients were treated for zygomatico-maxillary fractures, in 101 cases the treatment was conservative, and 341 were treated surgically by various operative methods. The aim of the study was assessment of late effectiveness of the surgical methods used most frequently in zygomatico-maxillary fractures with reposition of skeletal fragments either with one-pronged hook introduced percutaneously or from the side of the lumen of the maxillary sinus. The criterion of effectiveness of both methods was accepted to be functional assessment of the visual system and the stomatognathic system, and the condition of sensory function in the area of innervation by the suborbital nerve. Control examinations were done 2-5 years after operations confirming the both methods were successful in 90% of the treated group. A more detailed analysis of these methods is not possible since the qualification for these operations differentiated essentially both groups of patients.

Follow-Up Studies

Developing concepts and treatment of complex maxillary fractures.

The last decade has witnessed a tremendous evolution in the management of maxillary fractures--an evolution that mirrors an overall more aggressive contemporary approach to complex maxillofacial trauma. This article briefly reviews past contributions to the current management of these fractures, the author's approach to management, and the future of this continually improving field.

Bone Transplantation