ADVANCES IN FACIAL FRACTURE TREATMENT
Abstract
BACKGROUND The last twenty years have witnessed substantial advances in facial fracture treatment.Treatment of these fractures was as a rule conservative until the 1960s. With the developmentof new techniques, materials and principles, surgery gradually took over as the preferredmode of treatment. Facial fracture mechanisms, surgical approaches to the facialskeleton, stabilisation by means of osteosynthesis i.e. internal fixation, as well as noveltiesin facial fracture treatment at the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery in Ljubljana,are described. CONCLUSIONS Treatment of facial fractures is now predominantly surgical, as it has proven to be moreprecise, quicker and more reliable than conservative treatment, thereby yielding betterresults. It is also better tolerated by patientsDownloads
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