SYSTEM BLOCK COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS OF BONES OF THE FACIAL SKELETON
Facial bones injuries remain an important issue for oral and maxillofacial surgery. According to the data from various sources, the share of facial bones injuries is up to 8 % of all peacetime injuries. There have been proposed a lot of methods of operative therapy in treating facial fractures that can be combined into three groups: intramedullary osteosynthesis (internal fixation), extra-cortical osteosynthesis (external fixation) with plates and extrafocal osteosynthesis with the use of compression-distraction devices. The article pays attention to the issue of facial bones osteosynthesis with the use of titanium plates, underlines the main disadvantages, and proposes the self-design project – the system of modular compression osteosynthesis of facial bones that makes it possible to produce compression of bone fragments regardless of the fracture pattern and location, and also resistant to the effects of repeated traumatic agent.