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Maxillofacial Surgery

Skull Base and Cranial Vault Fractures (AO Based)

Built from AO Surgery Reference: CMF Trauma, Pediatric Trauma and Reconstruction (AO Foundation)

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2 sections · 112 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • Introduction
    • Skull base and cranial vault injuries
    • Anatomy
    • Bones of the cranial vault
    • Bones of the cranial vault
    • Fossae of the skull base
    • Fossae of the skull base
    • Cranial nerves and skull base foramina
    • Cranial nerves and skull base foramina
    • Frontal sinus anatomy and drainage
    • Frontal sinus anatomy and drainage
    • Temporal bone anatomy
    • Temporal bone anatomy
    • Clinical and radiographic assessment
    • Cranial vault: mechanism and presentation
    • Cranial vault: mechanism and presentation
    • Skull base fractures: clinical signs
    • Skull base fractures: clinical signs
    • Traumatic CSF leak
    • Traumatic CSF leak
    • Frontal sinus evaluation and CT planes
    • Frontal sinus evaluation and CT planes
    • Imaging of vault and skull base injuries
    • Imaging of vault and skull base injuries
    • Classification
    • Descriptive fracture classification
    • Descriptive fracture classification
    • Fracture types as drawn by AO
    • Fracture types as drawn by AO (cont.)
    • Frontal sinus fracture patterns
    • Frontal sinus fracture patterns
    • Temporal bone fracture classification
    • Temporal bone fracture classification
    • Cranial vault fractures
    • Cranial vault: treatment options
    • Cranial vault: treatment options
    • Elevation of a depressed vault fracture
    • Elevation of a depressed vault fracture
    • Dural repair and bone flap fixation
    • Dural repair and bone flap fixation
    • Frontal sinus fractures
    • Anterior table: treatment options
    • Anterior table: treatment options
    • Posterior table: treatment options
    • Posterior table: treatment options
    • Frontal recess: treatment options
    • Frontal sinus decision logic
    • Frontal sinus decision logic
    • ORIF of the anterior table
    • ORIF of the anterior table
    • Autologous materials for obliteration
    • Autologous materials for obliteration
    • Methods to define the sinus margin
    • Methods to define the sinus margin
    • Frontal sinus obliteration: key steps
    • Frontal sinus obliteration: key steps
    • Cranialization: key steps
    • Cranialization: key steps
    • Endoscopic options for the frontal sinus
    • Endoscopic options for the frontal sinus
    • Skull base fractures
    • Anterior skull base: treatment options
    • Anterior skull base: treatment options
    • Extradural versus intradural repair
    • Extradural versus intradural repair
    • Central skull base: treatment options
    • Central skull base: treatment options
    • Endoscopic repair of CSF rhinorrhea
    • Lateral skull base: treatment options
    • Lateral skull base: treatment options
    • Extradural middle fossa repair
    • Extradural middle fossa repair
    • Posterior skull base fractures
    • Posterior skull base fractures
    • Posterior fossa mass lesions
    • Posterior fossa mass lesions
    • Temporal bone fractures
    • Temporal bone: clinical presentation
    • Temporal bone: clinical presentation
    • Temporal bone: treatment options
    • Temporal bone: treatment options
    • Facial nerve palsy after temporal fracture
    • Facial nerve palsy after temporal fracture
    • CSF otorrhea and hearing loss
    • CSF otorrhea and hearing loss
    • Surgical approaches
    • Approaches: open routes
    • Approaches: open routes
    • Coronal approach: key steps
    • Coronal approach: key steps
    • Pericranial flap
    • Pericranial flap
    • Calvarial bone graft harvest
    • Calvarial bone graft harvest

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  2. 02

    Aftercare and complications

    • Aftercare after open vault and base repair
    • Aftercare after frontal sinus repair
    • Infections and persistent CSF leak
    • Infections and persistent CSF leak
    • Complications by region
    • Complications by region
    • Late sequelae: mucocele and pyocele
    • Cranioplasty materials
    • Cranioplasty materials
    • Take-home messages
    • References (1 of 6)
    • References (2 of 6)
    • References (3 of 6)
    • References (4 of 6)
    • References (5 of 6)
    • References (6 of 6)
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