Abstract
Mitek anchors (Mitek Surgical Products, Inc, Westwood, MA) were developed in the mid-1980s for use in orthopedic surgery to facilitate soft tissue attachment to bone. They have been principally used for a range of orthopedic procedures, such as rotator cuff repairs in the shoulder, repair of tendon insertion ruptures, meniscus refixation in the knee, and applications in the hand and elbow.1-3 There are a limited number of reports of their use in the maxillofacial region4-10 and only one report of their use in acute trauma surgery, which pertained to the placement of intermaxillary fixation.11 The anchor is composed of a cylindrical titanium alloy body with 2 nickel-titanium arcs, on opposite sides of the shaft, that have superelastic memory properties. The anchor is supplied preloaded in an insertion device. A hole is drilled into the bone and the anchor is placed using the disposable insertion device. The pair of arc arms collapse against the body on insertion into the bone and then spring back into their original position, locking the anchor into the bone. The suture is attached to the superior portion of the device. The Mitek Micro QuickAnchor is 1.3 mm in diameter and 3.7 mm in length with an arc range of 2.7 mm (Fig 1). This report demonstrates the use of Mitek suture anchors to resuspend facial soft tissues in a complex trauma case.
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