Purpose: To present the treatment of zygomaticomaxillary complex (ZMC) fractures with closed-reduction Steinmannpin fixation and to compare it to the reduction and aesthetic outcomes of open-reduction techniques (ORIF). Materials and Methods: Case series. Charts for 23 patients with ZMC fractures presenting to the Head and Neck Surgery Department at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center from 2005 to 2009 ...

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of our protocol for treatment of displaced Gartland type-3 supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children. METHODS Records of 43 children with displaced Gartland type-3 supracondylar fractures of the humerus admitted from October 1997 to October 2003 were reviewed. Patients were treated within 12 hours of admission by closed reduction (n=33) or open reductio...

Introduction: Chondrogenesis occurring in soft callus is one of the major histological processes in the healing of fractures, though the molecular and cellular events, which regulate this process, have not been fully elucidated. In the present study, using a standardized rat closed fracture model, we examined the spatial and temporal gene expression for cartilage-related proteins and extensivel...

BACKGROUND The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, D.A.V [C] Dental College and Hospital, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India conducted a study on patients with maxillofacial fractures in a time span of seven years (2003-2010). The purpose of this study was to evaluate their aetiology, incidence, patterns and different modalities employed for management. METHODS In this study, 740 patients...

AIM To evaluate the feasibility of C-arm guided closed intramedullary pinning (simple Steinmann and end threaded) techniques for the stabilization of various canine long bone fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was conducted on 19 dogs with long bone fractures which were stabilized using simple Steinmann (Group I; n=6) and end threaded (Group II; n=13) pinning under C-arm guida...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the medium-term to longer-term results of type 1 displaced capitellar fractures treated with closed reduction. DESIGN Retrospective case series. PATIENTS Eight consecutive cases (7 adults; 1 child) with type 1 capitellar fractures. INTERVENTION Closed reduction of type 1 capitellar fractures and 4 weeks of postreduction imm...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to analyze etiological factors in patients with maxillofacial trauma, treatment modalities, complications related to surgical approaches and the changing patterns in over time. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 126 patients diagnosed as maxillofacial fractures between August 1998 and June 2012 were investigated in Corlu State Hospital, Ear Nose Throat and Plastic Surgery Cli...

INTRODUCTION Complex fractures are increasing because of various traumatic mechanisms. They drift from standard classifications, and their treatment is controversial. Of such cases are hip dislocations with associated fractures of the ipsilateral femur. CASE REPORT This case report describes the condition of a 30-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle collision. Clinical examination, X-rays...

OBJECTIVE To use Schanz screws as a simple and effective method for closed reduction of femoral shaft fractures. METHODS In the present cohort study, which was carried out in Shohada Orthopedic Center, Tabriz, Iran between January 2004 and February 2005, 30 adult patients, with a mean age of 29 (18-65 years) with femoral shaft fractures underwent closed reduction with Schanz pins. The patient...