Endoscopic treatment of maxillofacial fractures

Endoscopic treatment of maxillofacial fractures is a minimally invasive method and which is the application of a different way of open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) procedure. Between April 2013-December 2013, 13 patients admitted with maxillofacial trauma were treated with this method. All patients were evaluated clinically and radiographically. In the course of postoperative evaluation, two minor and one major complications were observed in 3 patients in total. In other patients, satisfactory results were obtained. In our study, in accordance with the data obtained from these patients, operative techniques have been described in detail and the results were compared with literature. We suppose that endoscopic surgery, which we consider as a different and innovative method for maxillofacial trauma surgery, will take part of standard treatment protocols with appropriate patient, equipment and experience.