FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: zygomatic fragments are repositioned by means of Limberg hook with skin pre-punctured under general/local anaesthesia. In the absence of stable fixation, a metal wire is inserted by means of an electric drill without incising soft tissues, through the zygomatic bone in the anterior, downward and inward direction towards a nasal spine. Once the fixation is considered stable, the wire is cut off at 0.5 cm from the bone. Then the end of the bone is immersed under the skin. As soon as clinical and X-ray findings show the zygomatic fragment synostosis, the wire is removed.
EFFECT: due to the absence of necessity to incise when inserting and removing the metal wire, the method enables reducing a probability of tissue infections and postoperative complications, accelerating synostosis, and reducing the length of disability.
3 dwg, 1 ex
