Is Surgical Navigation Useful for Treating Zygomatic Arch Fractures?

J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Jul;28(5):e417-e419. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003645.

Abstract

Objective: To report the case of a 58-year-old man with a zygomatic arch fracture, which was well localized and reduced using a surgical navigation system.

Methods: In this clinical report, the authors suggest intraoperative surgical navigation systems are useful diagnostically and for localizing sites of zygomatic arch fractures.

Results: The patient underwent successful closed reduction of zygomatic arch fractures using a surgical navigation system.

Conclusions: Surgical navigation is a useful tool for identifying the locations of zygomatic arch fractures and for guiding closed reduction. Surgical navigation is recommended for localizing the sites of zygomatic fractures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Closed Fracture Reduction / methods*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Perioperative Care / methods
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Zygoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Zygoma / injuries
  • Zygoma / surgery
  • Zygomatic Fractures* / diagnosis
  • Zygomatic Fractures* / surgery