1. A new approach to treat bone gaps after midfacial and zygomatic fractures with a collagen membrane
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Thomas Hierl, Matthias Krause, Heike Hümpfner-Hierl, Lutz Völker, and Niels Christian Pausch
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Dentistry ,Facial Bones ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Germany ,Absorbable Implants ,medicine ,Humans ,Defect size ,Reduction (orthopedic surgery) ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Ultrasonography ,Zygomatic Fractures ,Fracture Healing ,Membranes ,Skull Fractures ,business.industry ,Ultrasound ,Collagen membrane ,Mean age ,030206 dentistry ,Middle Aged ,Cheek ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Oral and maxillofacial surgery ,Female ,Surgery ,Collagen ,Oral Surgery ,business - Abstract
The aim of the study was to analyze the eligibility of resorbable collagen membrane in the treatment of midfacial fractures to prevent gap formation and subsequent cheek tissue retraction. We included nine patients (six males, three females; mean age 51; range 20–73 years; mean bone gap size 8.03 × 13.12 mm) in a retrospective study design. The defect size was assessed by ultrasound. After a healing period of 4 to 55 weeks, treatment resulted in a significant reduction of gap size (residual mean bone gap size 6.14 × 7.32 mm). Native resorbable collagen membrane is a promising tool to reduce the size of bony gap in midfacial defects.
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- 2017
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