title: Endoscopic management of facial fractures.
abstract: Endoscopic management of facial fractures has lagged behind endoscopic surgery in other areas of the body but is rapidly gaining credibility. With the subsequent development of improved instrumentation for fracture reduction and stabilization, it is foreseeable that wide-incision exposures of the facial skeleton will be reserved for only the most complicated cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Shumrick
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ryzenman
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*