title: The Use of Foley Catheter for Treatment of Unstable Fracture Zygomatic Arch.
abstract: The isolated zygomatic arch fractures represent 21% of zygomatic-maxillary fractures and the falls is the main etiology. This type of fracture is easily reduced through several methods and the most used is the reduction through the surgical temporal approach of Gillies. The present patient illustrates the success treatment of a patient with isolated zygomatic arch fracture which a Foley catheter was used to stabilize the fracture reduction.
authors.affiliation: *School of Postgraduate Quixadaense (EQUIP), Quixadá †Department of Surgery and Integrated Clinic ‡Araçatuba Dental School, São Paulo State Univ Estadual Paulista-UNESP Araçatuba Dental School, Araçatuba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sormani Bento Fernandes
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: de Queiroz
authors.forename: Valthierre Nunes
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: Paula Lorena Aparecida
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bazani
authors.forename: João Paulo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bonardi
authors.forename: Osvaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Magro-Filho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D062885:Urinary Catheters; D015050:Zygoma / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000601:surgery*