Philosophy of Zygoma Esthetic Rehabilitation by Different Surgical Approaches for Treatment of Zygomatic Bone Fracture

Abstract

Introduction: Zygomatic bone is the prominent bone in facial skeleton and commonly exposed to trauma whose important sustain to restore the malar eminence due to its impact on esthetic shape of the face and cheek.

Objective: Different surgical approaches had been used for reduction and fixation of zygomatic bone fractures and follow-up for 2 years in order to determine postoperative complications with each approach.

Results and discussion: A few new methods to conducting surgical interference to perform a stable type of fracture without diplopia, enophthalmus with no limitation in eye motion was treated conservatively, while the unstable type should be treated surgically. It is concluded that various surgical approaches could be used to treat zygomatic bone fractures pending on type of bone trauma.