Treatment of Zygomatic Complex Fractures with Steinmann Pins

✍ Scribed by Jonathan B. Salinas; Darshni Vira; David Hu; Maie St. John

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 526 KB
• Volume: 121
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0023-852X
• DOI: 10.1002/lary.22212

✦ Synopsis

This case series presents an update on our experience treating zygomatiomaxillary complex (ZMC) fractures through closed reduction, using a Steinmann pin. In order to gather data, charts for twenty-three consecutive patients with ZMC fractures presenting to the Otolaryngology-HNS Department at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center from 2005 to 2009 were reviewed. Of the twenty-three patients, twelve patients had sufficient data for analysis. Average operative time was significantly lower for patients treated via the closed technique as compared to the open technique: 65.3 minutes and 162.5 minutes (p = 0.02). Additionally, only a single one-centimeter incision was required with the closed-repair system versus several incisions using traditional methods.