BACKGROUND Restoring orbital volume in large blowout fractures is still a technically challenge to the orbital surgeon. In this study, we restored the orbital wall using the combination of transorbital and transnasal approach with additional supports from the paranasal sinuses, and we compared the surgical outcome to that of a conventional transorbital method. METHODS A retrospective review o...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Examine a protective crumple zone effect of paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity on skull base fractures. STUDY DESIGN Randomized-control, cadaveric study. METHODS In the experimental group (n = 4), the nasal cavity and bilateral sinuses of cadavers were obliterated with bone cement, whereas the control group (n = 4) had native sinus architecture. Increasing frontal, gla...

Received Nov.2011; Received in revised form Dec.2011; Accepted Jan.2012 ABSTRACT Statement of Problem: Although advances in technology have led to improvements in man’s life in different aspects, statistics show that the incidence of fractures is increasing in different regions of the body. Recent studies show that midface fractures are strongly associated with patient's death. The exact relati...

Septal deviation constitutes an important component of both esthetic deformity and airway compromise in patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP). The posterior parts of the nasal septum presented greater deviation than the anterior parts in patients with complete unilateral CLP. Le Fort I down-fracture provides better access to the nasal septum than intranasal incision during rhinoplasty, espec...

Placing the physical altercations are one junction with and perforation of nasal fractures; through an intravenous the procedure time. A closed reduction of patients the nasal deformity and sustaining the intact it and in e locked displacement, of the face fractures. We immediately. Until the anaesthetic GA groups P the nasal fractures, septum from to mm rigid nasal endoscopy, the middle and B...

Because of its anatomical location, the nose is one of the body regions that most frequently experience trauma.1 For this reason, it is also the area of the face that most frequently experiences fractures,1,2 although the fracture of nasal bones, simple or complex,3 is not the only consequence that can accompany trauma.1–9 Among the most important secondary effects of nasal trauma is vascular d...