Abstract
Accurate reduction is the key to successful treatment of bone fractures. Complicated zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture, known as one of the most challenging facial bone fractures, is often hard to achieve an accurate reduction, thus leading to facial deformity. In this study, twenty patients with unilateral complicated zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures were included and randomly divided into experimental and control groups, which is with and without the aid of surgical navigation, respectively. The pre- and postoperative imaging data were collected and then analysed using Geomagic Studio 11 software and Brainlab iPlan CMF 3.0. A more precise reduction was showed in the experimental group according to the measurement results of both software programmes than in the control group. In conclusion, surgical navigation showed great value in performing accurate reductions of complicated zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures and restoring facial contour.
Highlights
The face occupies the most prominent position in the human body, rendering it vulnerable to injuries quite commonly[1,2]
We found surgical navigation for the treatment of zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures can lead to significant improvements in the accuracy of reductions, which should become an indispensable part of surgical therapy
The results indicated that in the experimental group, the postoperative position of the fractured bone was more consistent with the ideal position reconstructed preoperatively than the control group (Table 2)
Summary
The face occupies the most prominent position in the human body, rendering it vulnerable to injuries quite commonly[1,2]. Surgical navigation has been applied in many surgical procedures, such as foreign body removal, tumour resection, deformity correction, and implantation[14,15,16,17]. These studies indicated that with the assistance of surgical navigation, precise and www.nature.com/scientificreports/. Whether surgical navigation really improves the accuracy of reductions of complicated zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures is still controversial[18]. We found surgical navigation for the treatment of zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures can lead to significant improvements in the accuracy of reductions, which should become an indispensable part of surgical therapy
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