A new technique for medial canthal tendon fixation.

Traumas resulting from naso-orbitoethmoidal fractures and tumor surgery of the medial canthal region may cause orbital dystopia. A variety of techniques with many disadvantages, such as detachment and high cost, has been described for reattachment of medial canthal tendon. We present a new technique, namely, unitransnasal canthoplasty, which is easy to apply, cheap, and reliable.

Biomechanical comparison of a new technique of mandibular angle fractures: biplanar and bicortical superior proximal 3 holes and bicortical inferior plate fixation.

Miniplates have been used for mandibular angle fractures during the past 2 decades. The technique of placing single miniplate at the upper border based on the tension lines of the fracture was proposed by Michelet and Champy. The need for a second miniplate to be applied to the lower mandible has been discussed recently.