title: [Sphenozygomatic suture as a guide in the reduction of zygomatic fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effectiveness of sphenzygomatic suture as a guide in the reduction of zygomatic complex fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  36 cases of zygomatic complex fracture according to Zingg classification were treated. Reduce sphenozygomatic suture first, then reduce the other fracture line and fixed with titanium micro-plates. Patients were followed up for 4 weeks to 3 months, aesthetic results and X rays symmetry were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients restored satisfactory facial contour, 35 cases got precise reduction, only 1 patients had slightly discontinued zygomatic arch and infraorbital rim.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  During open reduction of zygomatic fracture, reducing sphenozygomatic suture first, combined with other fracture lines will reconstruct zygomatic complex precisely, and got normal aesthetic outcome.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, 250021, China. wengangli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Wen-gang
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shi-zhou
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xi-lan
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery*; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000601:surgery*