Loss of Lower Eyelid Bulge after the Reconstruction of Zygomatic Complex Fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgery for zygomatic complex fractures primarily aims to obtain facial symmetry. We investigated facial symmetry specific to lower eyelid bulges following zygomatic complex fractures approached through the lower eyelid.

Methods

Forty-one consecutive patients underwent treatment of zygomatic complex fractures by swinging eyelid approach or subciliary approach. In both approaches, the periosteum was incised 2 mm caudal to the inferior orbital rim and the orbicularis retaining ligament (ORL) was released. The orbital rim periosteum was interruptedly sutured and reconstruction of the orbital septum or ORL was not performed at the time of closure. In cases with a lower eyelid bulge on the nonfractured side, in a frontal photograph 6 months after the operation, the deg

SUBMITTER: Uemura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9278921 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature