Midface: Nose, Zygoma, Maxilla F# Flashcards
What is your management of a patient presenting to ER with facial fractures?
Rapid primary survey and simultaneous resiscitation
1- Assess Airway and protect C spine
2-Assess breathing
3- Assess Circulation
Defined secondary survey and definitive care
What are life threatening emergencies associated with facial f#?
- airway compromise
- hemorrhage
- identification and prevention of aspiration
- identification of occult associated injuries EBS (Eyes, Brain, Spine)
What are indications for intubation?
- decreased LOC
- massive hemorrhage/fluid rests anticipated
- Facial burns, pan facial f# w mid face and mandible
- associated chest injuries
What are indications for trach?
- prolonged ventilation
- toiling requirements
- airway obstruction
- panfacial/severe burns
How do you manage hemorrhaging form a facial fracture patient?
- direct pressure /suturing
- correct underlying coagulopathy
- Nasal packing Anterior and Posterior
- Reduce fracture and IMF
- Embolization (both common source is IMAX) +/- external carotid ligation
What are principles of facial fracture management (6)
- Timing; after life/limb threatening injuries stablilized
- Reduction: from unstable to stable, restoring buttresses
- Rigid fixation
- Bone Graft: immediate if >5mm gap
- Soft Tissue: resuspend
- Soft tissue defect management
Describe the osseocartialginous vault of the nose
Bony vault composed of nasal bones projecting from nasal process of frontal bone, supported laterally by the frontal process of maxilla, posterior by nasal spine of frontal bone
Cartilaginous vault: ULC and dorsal septum
What is the blood supply to the nose?
ICA
- Ophthalmic-> Ethmoidal, SupraOrbital , SupraTrochlear , Infratrochlear
ECA
- Facial-> Superior Labial , Angular
- IMAX-> Spenopalatine, Greater palatine, Infraorbital
How do you classify nasal bone fractures
Higuerra (PRS 2007)
- unilateral or bilateral
- Simple or communited
- open or closed
How do you make the diagnosis of nasal bone f#
- CLINICAL diagnosis
- epistaxis
- no xray needed
How do you treat nasal bone f#
- Reduce Septum- then bones as the bones will unite in the direction of the septum
How do you treat septal hematoma
Requires incision of mucoperichondrium and drainage + packing
Describe steps for nasal reduction (closed then open)
Closed
1- Timing 2-3h or 7-10days from injury
2- Local+/- sedation
3- Recreate fracture w Goldman and mould into position
4- Reduce septal dislocation w ASch forceps
5- Packing for 1-2days
6- Splint 1wk
Open (acute) - if failed closed, open fracture, NOE Open (delayed) - reduce septum and align on ANS w sutures - SMR and turbinate outf# - stuture avulsed ULC - Osteotomy of impacted f# - orif w frontal process of maxilla and nasal process of frontal bone - Grafts: onlay or cantileve
Describe an algorithm for nasal bone f#
1- Simple,uni/bi, closed 4hrs or greater than 7-10days: CR splint
2- Comminuted open/closed: rhinoplasy w septoplasty: osteotmoyies, spreder grats, splints
What are complications of a nasal bone f# (7)
Early: 1- CSF leak 2- Hemorrhage (anterior or posterior) 3- Sinusitis Late 1- Saddle nose deformity (due to septal perforation from hematoma) 2- Airway obstruction (due to thickened septum from hematoma fibrosis) 3- Malunion 4- Nasal hump 5- Synechiae 6- Nasal bone osteitis 7- Anosmia
What is the epidemiology of facial fractures?
Most common
1- nasal bones
2- zygoma
3- maxilla
What are the articulation of the zygoma?
1- ZF suture: zygomaticofrontal process
2- Arch: zygomatic process of temporal bone
3- Orbital rim: Maxilla rim and orbital floor
4- Lateral buttress: zygomaticomaxillary buttress
5- Lateral orbital wall: Greater wing of sphenoid
What are the muscle attachments to the zygoma?
- Temporalis
- LLS
- Masseter
- ZM, Zm
What are ligamentous attachments to the zygoma?
- Lateral Canthal tendon (to whitnall’s tubercle, 10mm below ZF suture)
- Suspensory ligament of Lockwood (suspends globe inferiorly as a sling and attaches adjacent to whitnall’s tubercle)
- Orbital septum (attached to inferior orb rim)
- Temporalis fascia (attached to arch and body)
What nerves travels through zygoma>
1- ZT (V2 br)?
2- ZF (V2 br)?
3- inferior orbital nerve (V2) - exits via formaen 1 cm below IORim inline w medial edge of pupil
How do you classify zygoma F#
- Location (body, arch or both)
What is the typical fracture pattern of a zygoma body /complex f#?
F# through ZF to ZS suture to inferior orb fissure
F# continue through orb floor and out IOforamen
F# continue down through ZM buttress and posteriorly to lat wall of maxillary sinus and 1.5cm posterior to ZT suture on arch
What are clinical symptoms and signs of a zygoma f#
Symptoms
- trismus
- diplopia
- visual acuity changes
Signs
1- EYE:- vertical and lateral canthal dystopia, subconj hemorrhage, bruising, enophthalmus, orbital apex syndrome, SOFS, proptosis
2- CHEEK: malar depression, step off, V2 paresthesia
3- MOUTH: malocclusion, trismus, UBS bruising
4- Nose: Unilateral epistaxis
What does unilateral epistaxis indicate?
maxillary sinus mucosal injury
What does trismus and malocclusion indicate in contact of OZC
impingement on coronoid and muscle spasm
What zygoma F# are treated with non-op tx and what is non-op treatment?
non-displaced zygoma # with minimal deformity
Tx: soft diet 6wks, protection from re-injury, f/u 2 and 6wks
What are indications for operative tx of a zygoma F#
1- Vertical dystopia 2- Enopthalmus 3- Entrapment 4- Truisms from impingement 5- Deformity
What are options for operative tx
ORIF
Open reduction and no fixation (Gilles or Keen)
Post- op soft diet 4wks
What zygoma F# are amenable to Gilles or Keen reduction (open reduction no fixation)?
- Arch f#
- OZC without separation at the ZF F#, non-comminuted
Describe your landmarks for the Gilles reduction
- 2.5cm superior and anterior to roo tof helix - place 2cm oblique incision
Describe anatomic layers you traverse and path to the Z arch
Cut though skin, submit, TPF, loose areolar, deep temporal fascia to get to the temporalis muscle
Path to arch is developed in the plane between the deep temporal fascia and the temporals muscle
Reduce with lateral and anterior elevation
Where does the deep temporal fascia insert
Z arch- anterior cortex
Where does the temporals muscle insert relative to the Zarch?
Onto the coronoid and anterior ramus - it passes deep to the arch
Where is the frontal branch as it crosses the Zarch?
Frontal br courses within the TPF to cross the Zarch, then travels on the undersurface of the TPF across the temporal area
Where is the frontal branch at the forehead
It enters the frontal muscle on the deep surface above the superior Orb. rim
Surface landmark: courses from 0.5cmbelow triages to 1.5cm above lateral brow
What is the relationship between the course of the frontal br and the STA
they course in the same anatomic layer
Describe the Keen open reduction no fixatio
UBS incision and access to infra temporal surface of zygoma
What is indication specifically for ORIF of zygoma (with fixation?)
OZC with separation at ZF#, comminuted
associated with other F#
Arch- comminuted, laterally displaced