Frontal sinus fracture following osteoplastic frontal sinus obliteration.
A patient who sustained frontal sinus fracture and who earlier had undergone an osteoplastic fat obliteration procedure is described. The literature is reviewed and recommendations are made for management of this and other cases of frontal sinus fractures with posterior table involvement.
Gerson
R M
RM
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago 60612.
Friduss
M
M
Schultz
R C
RC
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012865:Skiing / Q000293:injuries*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*