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J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2016; 77(05): 412-418
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584816
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Neurosurgery: Skull Base Craniofacial Trauma

Paul J. Donald
1   Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States
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22 August 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Much of craniofacial trauma involves the frontal sinuses. Because of its response to injury, the frontal sinus mucosa has an innate ability to develop mucoceles, and if infected, mucopyocoeles. This article presents a therapeutic algorithm for all forms of craniofacial trauma with concentration on the most severe injury—the through and through fracture and its surgical remediation.

Keywords

frontal sinus - craniofacial trauma - dural tear - CSF leak - cranialization
 

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