Treatment of nasofrontal ethmoidal complex fractures.

Successful reduction of severely telescoped nasofrontal ethmoidal fractures is difficult to achieve. In an effort to improve the results, a technique involving open reduction and external fixation was performed on three patients. These cases, along with ten other nasofrontal ethmoidal fractures treated between 1971 and 1980, are presented, with special emphasis in methods of reduction, stabilization, and results. The method of open reduction using an osteoplastic frontal sinus flap with external fixation gave the best overall results.