Approaches To The Facial Skeleton
Approaches To The Facial Skeleton
Approaches To The Facial Skeleton
FACIAL SKELETON
Dr S Sooraj MDS MOS RCS (ED) DNB
Remit of this presentation
• Help understand different approaches to the facial
skeleton
• General guidelines for selecting the approach
• Anatomical obstacles in the selected approach
• Functional consequences
• Aesthetic implications
Approaches
Trans oral Transcutaneous
Combination
Transconjunctival
General guidelines
maximize exposure and access
Exposure Access
• Endoscopic • Remote
General Guidelines
• Surgical convenience SHOULD NOT contravene Facial
Aesthetics
• Incisions to be hidden or to blend in with skin creases
• Respect neurovascular structures
• Transected muscles to be repaired
Surgical Anatomy
Neuro Skeleton Visceroskeleton
• LOWER LID
• TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL
Upper Lid Incision Applied Anatomy
Approaches to the orbital floor
• Cutaneous incisions
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• Transconjunctival
Applied anatomy
Cutaneous Incisions
Marking the incision
Lower lid incision
Identify the fracture and the inferior orbital
fissure
Floor ascends as we go back
Find the posterior limit of the fracture
Renconstruction spanning the defect
Transconjunctival approach
Lower lid retraction sutures
Vasoconstrictor inj. into the fornix
Lateral canthotomy
Lateral canthotomy
Inf.limb of LCL identified
Inf limb of LCL transected
Increased exposure after sectioning LCL
Inf Fornix incised
Periosteum incised
Floor defect reconstructed
Coronal approach
• Regions Accessed
• Upper and middle
1/3rds of facial
skeleton
• Zygomatic arch
• Skin ,sub cutaneous
tissue and galea move
as a single layer
1.2 cm
Vestibular Approach-Mandible
• Access symphysis,
para symphysis ,body
and angle regions of
the mandible
Applied Anatomy
• Mentalis muscle
• Mental nerve
• Facial vessels
Anterior mandible
Mandibular body
Posterior mandible
Trans buccal access
Transbuccal Approach
Vestibular Approach-Maxilla
Applied Anatomy
• Infraorbital nerve
Nasolabial musculature
Closure
Nasal Cinch suture V-Y closure
Existing lacerations