Release notes of Pediatric midface
First edition
Publication of first edition (October 24, 2024)
The content has been authored by Daniel Borsuk (US) with Daniel Buchbinder (US) as editor.
Table of contents
The pediatric material of the midface, first edition, includes a description of the following fracture types and their management.
Palatoalveolar fracture
- Observation
- Closed treatment
Le Fort
- Observation
- ORIF
Nasal bone
- Observation
- Closed reduction
- Open reduction
NOE
- Observation
- ORIF
Orbital floor
- Observation
- Open reconstruction
Orbital roof
- Observation
- Open treatment
Orbital lateral wall
- Observation
- Orbital reconstruction
Orbital medial wall
- Observation
- Orbital reconstruction
Combined orbital
- Observation
- Orbital reconstruction
Zygomatic complex
- ORIF without orbital reconstruction
- ORIF with orbital reconstruction
Additional material
The following additional material is available for this module.
Approaches:
- Coronal approach
- Glabellar approach
- Approaches to the superolateral orbital rim
- Extended glabellar approach (horizontal Y approach)
- Transcutaneous lower eyelid approaches
- Transconjunctival approaches
- Indirect approaches to the zygomatic arch (temporal and transoral approaches)
- Preauricular approach
- External rhinoplasty approach (open)
- Endonasal approaches (transfixion incision and intercartilaginous incisions)
- Approaches to the maxilla
- Use of existing lacerations
- Approaches not generally recommended
Further reading:
- General considerations about pediatrics
