title: Use of cyanoacrylate in facial bone fractures.
abstract: It is not uncommon to encounter multiple bone fragments during open reduction of facial bone fractures. When these fragments are few and their size large, there is no problem. However, multiple, small, and thin bone fragments are difficult to handle, making accurate reduction with interfragmentary wires problematic. This is frequently encountered in fractures of the anterior maxillary wall, orbital floor, orbital roof, and frontal sinus. Therefore, many surgeons reconstruct the larger segments and discard the smaller segments. In this study, 10 patients who sustained facial fractures with multiple, small, and thin fragments were treated with tissue adhesive (n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate). Postoperative three-dimensional computed tomography scans demonstrated excellent reconstruction following this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gil General Hospital, Namdong-ku, Inchon, Korea.
authors.forename: Y O
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004659:Enbucrilate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D004659:Enbucrilate