Is Surgical Navigation Useful for Treating Zygomatic Arch Fractures?

J Craniofac Surg

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Published: July 2017

Objective: To report the case of a 58-year-old man with a zygomatic arch fracture, which was well localized and reduced using a surgical navigation system.

Methods: In this clinical report, the authors suggest intraoperative surgical navigation systems are useful diagnostically and for localizing sites of zygomatic arch fractures.

Results: The patient underwent successful closed reduction of zygomatic arch fractures using a surgical navigation system.

Conclusions: Surgical navigation is a useful tool for identifying the locations of zygomatic arch fractures and for guiding closed reduction. Surgical navigation is recommended for localizing the sites of zygomatic fractures.

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