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LeFort fracture


types:
    I
    transverse fx thru floor of maxillary sinuses (only palate moves)
    II
    thru maxillary sinuses (pyramidal fx)
    III
    thru orbits (craniofacial dysjunction)

  • clinically, may be mixed


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 September 2006


 

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