TY - JOUR
T1 - Palatal fractures
T2 - Classification, patterns, and treatment with rigid internal fixation
AU - Hendrickson, Mark
AU - Clark, Norman
AU - Manson, Paul N.
AU - Yaremchuk, Michael
AU - Robertson, Brad
AU - Slezak, Sheri
AU - Crawley, William
AU - Vander Kolk, Craig
PY - 1998/2
Y1 - 1998/2
N2 - A classification of palatal fracture types is developed from patterns observed on CT scans, and success with open reduction techniques is correlated with fracture pattern. The six palatal fracture types are as follows: I, anterior and posterolateral alveolar; II, sagittal; III, parasagittal; IV, para-alveolar; V, complex; and VI, transverse. Associated fractures were LeFort I (100 percent), LeFort II and III (55 percent), mandible (48 percent), and dental (55 percent). Large segment, sagittally oriented palatal fractures could be stabilized with rigid internal fixation. Complete rigid fixation of the palate consists of (1) roof of mouth, (2) pyriform or alveolar, and (3) four LeFort I buttress stabilization. Comminuted palatal fractures were managed by standard LeFort I and alveolar buttress fixation, palatal splinting, and intermaxillary fixation. If complete rigid fixation was employed in the palate in type II, III, and IV fractures, a palatal splint was avoided in 60 percent of these cases. Rigid internal fixation is therefore concluded to facilitate the treatment of certain types of palatal fractures by reduced length of intermaxillary fixation and avoidance of palatal splinting.
AB - A classification of palatal fracture types is developed from patterns observed on CT scans, and success with open reduction techniques is correlated with fracture pattern. The six palatal fracture types are as follows: I, anterior and posterolateral alveolar; II, sagittal; III, parasagittal; IV, para-alveolar; V, complex; and VI, transverse. Associated fractures were LeFort I (100 percent), LeFort II and III (55 percent), mandible (48 percent), and dental (55 percent). Large segment, sagittally oriented palatal fractures could be stabilized with rigid internal fixation. Complete rigid fixation of the palate consists of (1) roof of mouth, (2) pyriform or alveolar, and (3) four LeFort I buttress stabilization. Comminuted palatal fractures were managed by standard LeFort I and alveolar buttress fixation, palatal splinting, and intermaxillary fixation. If complete rigid fixation was employed in the palate in type II, III, and IV fractures, a palatal splint was avoided in 60 percent of these cases. Rigid internal fixation is therefore concluded to facilitate the treatment of certain types of palatal fractures by reduced length of intermaxillary fixation and avoidance of palatal splinting.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-199802000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00006534-199802000-00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 9462763
AN - SCOPUS:0031908711
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 101
SP - 319
EP - 332
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 2
ER -