简介:Objective:Tointroducethetechniqueofsubciliaryincisionandlateralcantholysiswithtri-dimensionreductionandrigidinternalfixationtotreatzygomaticcomplexfractures.Methods:Thesubciliaryincisionandlateralcantholysiscombinedwithtri-dimensionreductionandrigidinternalfixationofzygomaticcomplexfractureswithtitaniummicroplateswereappliedin56patientswithzygomaticcomplexfractures.Anotherlateraleyebrowincisionorsublabialincisionwasusedtosimplifytheoperation.Results:Thepostoperativefollow-upperiodrangedfrom6monthsto5years.Duringthefollow-upperiod,allthepatientshadsatisfyingpostoperativeresults.Allclinicalsymptomsdisappearedexceptthenumbnessintheinfraorbitalregionin2patients.In94.6%patientsnocomplicationssuchasobviousscar,ectropion,entropionorblepharoedemawerefound,only5.4%ofthepatientshadslightectropion6monthsafteroperation.Conclusions:Thesubciliaryincisionandlateralcantholysishavemanyadvantagessuchasinvisiblescar,sufficientexposure,minimalinjury,andfewcomplicationsandcombinedwithrigidinternalfixationwithtitaniummicroplatesthistechniquecouldbeusedasoneoftheroutineoperationmethodstotreatzygomaticcomplexfractures.