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- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
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- Emergency Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Neurological Surgery
- Gynecological Surgery
- General Surgery
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2018;3(1):2214.Short Communication | Open Access
Bone Borne or Not Bone Borne? Hybrid MMF
Nikolaos Fanaras and Kathleen Fan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King’s College Hospital, Denmark
*Correspondance to: Kathleen Fan
PDF Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2214
Abstract
Facial trauma can cause severe pain but also emotional distress due to the potential deformity of the facial skeleton. A critical step in the treatment of facial fractures is Inter Maxillary Fixation (IMF). We compared the standard Erich arch bars for IMF to a newer hybrid system that uses bone borne screws for the arch bar fixation, in a busy trauma unit setting. The hybrid system was shown to be time efficient for selected cases and also had higher acceptance among surgeons and patients.
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Fanaras N, Fan K. Bone Borne or Not Bone Borne? Hybrid MMF. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2214.