- Le Fort Fracture: What Is It, Diagnosis, and Treatment | Osmosis
A review of the individual’s medical history and a thorough physical examination is essential in diagnosing a Le Fort fracture The clinical presentation of an individual's fracture, along with their various signs and symptoms can assist in diagnosing and treating the specific fracture Type I fractures typically present with slight swelling of the upper lip, bruising in the buccal surface
- Le Fort fracture of skull - Wikipedia
The Le Fort (or LeFort) fractures are a pattern of midface fractures originally described by the French surgeon, René Le Fort, in the early 1900s [1] He described three distinct fracture patterns
- Le Fort fracture classification | Radiology Reference Article . . .
Le Fort fractures are fractures of the midface, which collectively involve separation of all or a portion of the midface from the skull base In order to be separated from the skull base, the pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone need to be invol
- Le Fort Fractures - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
In 1901, René Le Fort, a French military surgeon, performed a series of experiments on 35 cadavers to determine the most common patterns of midfacial skeletal injuries that result from blunt trauma Despite being an army physician, he eschewed the study of penetrating facial trauma, particularly gunshot wounds, as he termed them "veritable explosions in the face" and deemed them to be
- Management of Le Fort I fracture - PMC
Among the classification of maxillary fracture, the Le Fort classification is the best-known categorization Le Fort (1901) completed experiments that determined the maxilla areas of structural weakness which he designated as the “lines of
- Facial Fracture Management Handbook - LeFort Fractures
LeFort II fractures transect the nasal bones, medial-anterior orbital walls, orbital floor, inferior orbital rims and finally transversely fracture the posterior maxilla and pterygoid plates LeFort III fractures result in craniofacial disjunction This is the highest level LeFort fracture and essentially separates the maxilla from the skull base
- Le Fort Fractures: Types, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Le Fort fractures are facial bone fractures that commonly occur as a result of high-impact trauma This article covers types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options
- Le Fort fractures - WikEM
Consider discharge in isolated LeFort I or stable LeFort II fractures without concerning features (in coordination with appropriate specialist consult - OMFS, ENT, or PRS)
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