AO CMF Course - Management of Facial Trauma
1. Introduction to AO Surgery Reference – CMF trauma
The CMF trauma section of AO Surgery Reference consists of a set of modules covering different anatomical areas.
The modules cover the following topics:
- Patient examination
- Complications
- Indications for treatment selection
- Approaches
- Nonoperative and operative treatment options
- Postoperative treatment
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2. Midface
- Examination of patients with midfacial injuries
- Examination of patients with NOE fractures
- General considerations
- Emergency treatment
- Airway considerations
- All basic techniques for treatment of midface fractures
- Panfacial fractures (sequencing of repair)
- Orbital reconstruction, CAS: virtual planning and intraoperative navigation
- CAS: virtual planning and intraoperative imaging (ORIF with orbital reconstruction)
- All approaches for management of midface injuries
- Approaches to the maxilla
- Retrobulbar hemorrhage
- Zygomatic complex fracture
- Orbital floor fracture
- Open reduction and internal fixation for NOE Type I fractures
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3. Mandible
- Examination of patients with mandibular fractures
- Biomechanics of the mandible
- All basic techniques for treatment of mandibular fractures
- All approaches to the mandible
- Transoral approach to the symphysis and body
- Transoral approach to the condylar process and ramus
- Symphysis and parasymphysis – simple: ORIF with lag screws
- Condylar process and head - simple and complex: ORIF, plate fixation with two plates
- Condylar process and head - simple and complex: definitions
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