title: [Treatment of 37 cases with panfacial fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the treatment experience of panfacial fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-seven patients with panfacial fracture were treated with rigid internal fixation combined with intermaxillary or craniomaxillary traction. The fracture was repositioned in the order of "from fixed to mobile and from simple to complex".
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-four cases achieved satisfactory results, with good recovery of occlusion and normal oral function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Panfacial fracture can be managed successfully and conveniently through a small facial incision, in the order of "from fixed to mobile and from simple to complex", combined with intermaxillary traction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, the First People's Hospital of Yongkang. Yongkang 321300, Zhejiang Province, China.E-mail:ykyqj@sohu.com.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Qing-fu
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong-wu
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D003766:Dental Occlusion; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone; D006801:Humans