title: Anchor screw, a valuable technique in facial fractures and cranio-maxillofacial surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Open reduction of displaced and comminuted facial bone fractures involves many difficulties. In these cases, it is very useful to fix a screw to the fragments for immobilization. Once fixed, the screw is seized with a forceps and the fragment can be correctly repositioned and kept in place to perform fixation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five cases in which the anchor screw was successfully utilized are reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The technique is easy, efficient, inexpensive and minimally invasive. It enables reduction of comminuted fractures and in quite difficult circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, A. Cardarelli General Hospital, via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131, Naples, Italy. carminetaglia@libero.it
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taglialatela Scafati
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001863:Bone Screws; D002648:Child; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000293:injuries; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D010016:Osteoma / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000601:surgery