Classification System and Treatment of Zygomatic Arch Fractures in the Clinical Setting
- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Vol. 15 (6), 986-989
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001665-200411000-00019
Abstract
A new classification system and algorithm of zygomatic arch fractures is described that provides the surgeon with a useful starting point from which to organize a valid treatment plan and management of zygomatic arch fractures. Hönig Merten (HM) class I is defined as an isolated tripod fracture, HM class II as an isolated stick fracture of the arch, and HM class III is a combined fracture of the malar bone and the zygomatic arch. Although reduction of the class I and II is usually closed, open reduction is mandatory in class III zygomatic arch fractures.Keywords
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