Maxillofacial Surgery: Facial and Craniofacial Trauma

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

An academic, anatomical and surgical analysis on the diagnosis, surgical approach and rigid internal fixation techniques of fractures that compromise the facial skeleton and its adjacent structures.

What it covers

1. Structural Pillars of the Facial Massif
2. Surgical Anatomy and Division by Facial Thirds
3. Vascularization and Critical Maxillofacial Neurology
4. · Arterial and Venous Systems: An Anastomotic Territory
5. · Sensory and Motor Neurological Systems
6. Trauma Biomechanics and Impact Vectors
7. Initial Evaluation: Airway and Emergency Intubation
8. · Surgical and Non-Surgical Strategies for Airway Management
9. Maxillofacial Exsanguinating Hemorrhage and Shock
10. Diagnostic Imaging: High Resolution CT and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction
11. Lower Third: Mandibular Fractures
12. · Location and Relative Frequency
13. Fractures of the Condylar Region
14. Body and Mandibular Angle Fractures
15. · Influence of Muscle Strength: Favorable Fractures vs. Unfavorable
16. Principles of Rigid Internal Fixation (AO Philosophy)
17. · Concepts of Load-Bearing vs. Shared Load (Load-Sharing)
18. Alveolodental and Segmental Fractures
19. Fractures of the Middle Third: Le Fort's Disjunctions
20. Zygomatic-Maxillary Complex Fractures (Tripolar/Tetrapolar)
21. Isolated Zygomatic Arch Fractures
22. Orbital Fractures: Blow-Out and Blow-In Type Pathology
23. · Surgical Criteria for Orbital Reconstruction
24. Fractures of the Naso-Ethmoid-Orbital Complex (NOE)
25. · Transnasal Canthopexy Technique for Type III
26. Isolated Nasal Fractures
27. · Closed Surgical Management vs. Open
28. Upper Third: Fractures of the Frontal Sinus
29. · Cranialization vs. Frontal Sinus Obliteration
30. Lesions of the Anterior Base of the Skull and CSF Fistulas
31. Treatment Sequence of Facial Panfractures
32. Surgical Access Routes: The Coronal Approach (Bifrontal)
33. · Surgical Dissection by Planes with Preservation of the Facial Nerve
34. Transorbital Approaches
35. Intraoral Routes and Local Accesses
36. · Upper Maxillary Vestibular Approach (Modified Keen/Caldwell-Luc Incision)
37. · Mandibular Vestibular Approach
38. · External Local Approaches
39. Complications and Sequelae of Craniofacial Trauma
40. Secondary Reconstruction and Virtual Planning (CAD/CAM)
41. Peculiarities in Special Populations
42. · Pediatric Maxillofacial Trauma
43. · Geriatric Maxillofacial Trauma
44. Medical-Legal Implications of Facial Trauma