title: Treatment of nasoethmoid-orbital fractures using Kirschner wire fixation of the nasal septum.
abstract: As a postoperative complication in nasoethmoid-orbital fractures, nasal depression often occurs. The cause of this is an overlooked left nasal septum fracture. By reducing and fixing the nasal septum, nasal depression could have been avoided. Kirschner wire is useful for the fixation of the nasal septum, and it is fixed with zygomatic bone or/and frontal process of the maxillary bone. Three cases of nasoethmoid-orbital fractures were treated with this method. Kirschner wire fixation of the nasal septum is a simple and an easy method and can avoid unnecessary bone graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ishikiri-Seiki Hospital, Osaka, Japan. yabe@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yabe
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozawa
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001864:Bone Wires; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000517:prevention & control; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D012420:Running / Q000293:injuries; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000601:surgery