Biomaterial Database

Transconjunctival approach to zygomatic and orbital floor fractures. 1997

L C Manganello-Souza, and R Rodrigues de Freitas

Maxillofacial Service, Santa Casa Medical School Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.

The authors present their experience with transconjunctival approach to access the orbital floor, infraorbital rim and zygomatic-frontal and zygomatic temporal sutures in 40 patients with fractures in the orbital and zygomatic region. The preseptal and retroseptal approaches are described. Despite the complication rate of 12.5%, the esthetic results and simultaneous visualization of the infraorbital rim and lateral orbital rim supports the use of the transconjunctival approach.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009917	Orbital Fractures	Fractures of the bones in the orbit, which include parts of the frontal, ethmoidal, lacrimal, and sphenoid bones and the maxilla and zygoma.	Blow Out Fracture,Blow-Out Fractures,Fractures, Blow-Out,Orbital Fracture,Blow Out Fractures,Blow-Out Fracture,Fracture, Blow Out,Fracture, Blow-Out,Fracture, Orbital,Fractures, Blow Out,Fractures, Orbital,Out Fracture, Blow,Out Fractures, Blow
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003228	Conjunctiva	The mucous membrane that covers the posterior surface of the eyelids and the anterior pericorneal surface of the eyeball.	Bulbar Conjunctiva,Palpebral Conjunctiva,Plica Semilunaris of Conjunctiva,Plicae Semilunares of Conjunctiva,Tunica Conjunctiva,Conjunctiva, Bulbar,Conjunctiva, Palpebral,Conjunctivas
D003393	Cranial Sutures	A type of fibrous joint between bones of the head.	Cranial Suture,Suture, Cranial,Sutures, Cranial
D004483	Ectropion	The turning outward (eversion) of the edge of the eyelid, resulting in the exposure of the palpebral conjunctiva. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Ectropions
D004954	Esthetics	The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of the beautiful. It includes beauty, esthetic experience, esthetic judgment, esthetic aspects of medicine, etc.	Aesthetics
D005152	Facial Muscles	Muscles of facial expression or mimetic muscles that include the numerous muscles supplied by the facial nerve that are attached to and move the skin of the face. (From Stedman, 25th ed)	Mimetic Muscles,Facial Muscle,Mimetic Muscle,Muscle, Facial,Muscle, Mimetic,Muscles, Facial,Muscles, Mimetic
D005260	Female		Females