Abstract
Out of a total of 137 patients with zygomatic fractures, 87 with post-reductively stable fractures were treated solely with Gillies' procedure. Twenty-eight patients with unstable fractures were treated with transosseous wiring. In 22 patients, in whom the fracture was considered undisplaced, no fracture treatment was given. At the follow-up only 2 of the patients treated by Gillies' procedure presented malunited fractures, and these only minor ones,this reductive method thus being satisfactory in 64% of all cases. Malunion was seen in one-third of the patients treated with transosseous wiring, this treatment thus appearing frequently insufficient. Consequently, accomplishment with Kirschner-pin fixation is proposed. Finally, a schedule for treatment of zygomatic fractures is given.
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