Abstract

Fracture of the frontal bone, although form a low percentage of Maxillofacial cases, carries significant risk for the patient, regardless of the type of injury. Usual methods of stabilizing fragments in cranial bone fracture include the use of threads, wires, plates, titanium clamps. This article presents and discusses a case of cranial bone fracture and subsequent management of the same. The uniqueness of this article lies in the new approach to facilitate the fixation of the fractured bone fragments extra corporeally. Thus, this article aims in describing a technique that is safe and simple for the operator and patient. The fixation was very rigid and aesthetic results were attained.

Keywords: Cranial Fracture Fixation; Frontal Sinus Fracture; Extracorporeal Fixation

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Citation

Citation: Sundaram Rajaram., et al. “Extra Corporeal Fixation of Cranial Bone Fracture".Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 4.8 (2020): 29-33.

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Copyright: © 2020 Sundaram Rajaram., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.