Radiographic and clinical evaluation of zygomatico-maxillary complex fractures treated by 2.0 miniplates system

• Autor(a) principal: Bassi, Ana Paula Farnezi [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Geath, Walter Cristiano [UNESP], Pereira, Cassiano Costa Silva [UNESP], Jardim, Ellen Cristina Gaetti [UNESP], Magro Filho, Osvaldo [UNESP], Garcia Júnior, Idelmo Rangel [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-381X2014000100010; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/133140
• topic: Zygomaticomaxillary fractures; Stable fixation internal; Facial injuries; Fractura cigomático maxilar; Fijación interna estable; Lesiones faciales

The zygomaticomaxillary complex (ZMC) is the second highly incidental of facial fractures. According to the anatomical complexity, there are many reports in the literature about this trauma, mainly related to treatment for these fractures. With the purpose of evaluating clinically and radiographically the stability of unilateral zygomatic fractures treated by surgical reduction and fixed in two points by stable internal fixation, this research was proposed. Twenty patients with zygomatic fractures were evaluated and compared with twenty nonfractured patients. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences among the obtained data, perimeter and area, of the treated and contra-lateral sides of the experimental group. When compared to the control group the differences were not statistically significant. We also performed a comparison of the distance between the nasal bone and zygomatic prominence in all groups the results were also satisfactory.