Medial Orbital Wall Fractures
Medial Orbital Wall Fractures Brad M. Gandolfi Reena Bakshi Reza Jarrahy DEFINITION Medial orbital wall fractures are traumatic injuries of the orbit that compromise the integrity of the medial orbital…
Correction of Lateral Orbital Wall Fractures
Correction of Lateral Orbital Wall Fractures Parit A. Patel DEFINITION Of the seven bones that make up the orbit, the lateral orbit is composed mainly of the zygomatic bone. Fractures…
Correction of Orbital Floor Blow-Out Fractures: Variation 2
Correction of Orbital Floor Blow-Out Fractures: Variation 2 Henry C. Vasconez DEFINITION The orbit is a paired structure of the upper craniofacial skeleton. It houses the globe, nerves, vessels, and…
Correction of Orbital Floor Blow-Out Fractures: Variation 1
Correction of Orbital Floor Blow-Out Fractures: Variation 1 Jean-Francois Lefaivre David Charles A. Fisher DEFINITION Orbital blow-out fractures commonly result from force directly applied to the globe with subsequent energy…
Operative Management of a Late Presentation of Frontal Sinus Mucocele
Operative Management of a Late Presentation of Frontal Sinus Mucocele Kibwei A. McKinney Brent A. Senior DEFINITION A mucocele is a benign, cystic collection of mucus lined with respiratory epithelium…
Endoscopic Correction of Frontal Sinus Fractures
Endoscopic Correction of Frontal Sinus Fractures Patrick Colley Kibwei A. McKinney Brent A. Senior DEFINITION Frontal sinus fractures involve the anterior or posterior table of the frontal bone. Displacement in…
Pericranial Flap Harvest for Frontal Sinus Obliteration
Pericranial Flap Harvest for Frontal Sinus Obliteration Mahmoud Hassouba John A. van Aalst DEFINITION The pericranial flap is a well-vascularized, versatile cranial periosteal flap that can be based anteriorly on…
Frontal Sinus Obliteration With Fat
Frontal Sinus Obliteration With Fat Matthew M. Smith Alessandro de Alarcon DEFINITION Obliteration of the frontal sinus is the process of replacing a diseased frontal sinus that is normally air-filled….
Frontal Sinus Cranialization
Frontal Sinus Cranialization Mohamad Masoumy Prasanth Patcha Robert C. Dinsmore Jack C. Yu DEFINITION Cranialization refers to the removal of the posterior table of the frontal sinus with occlusion of…
Surgical Removal of Fibrous Dysplasia From the Craniofacial Skeleton
Surgical Removal of Fibrous Dysplasia From the Craniofacial Skeleton Alexander Govshievich Gaby Doumit DEFINITION Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a benign bone disorder characterized by progressive replacement of normal bone by…
