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Does facial soft tissue protect against zygomatic fractures? Results of a finite element analysis

Overview of attention for article published in Head & Face Medicine, June 2015
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Title
Does facial soft tissue protect against zygomatic fractures? Results of a finite element analysis
Published in
Head & Face Medicine, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13005-015-0078-5
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Authors

Heike Huempfner-Hierl, Alexander Bohne, Andreas Schaller, Gert Wollny, Thomas Hierl

Abstract

Zygomatic fractures form a major entity in craniomaxillofacial traumatology. Few studies have dealt with biomechanical basics and none with the role of the facial soft tissues. Therefore this study should investigate, whether facial soft tissue plays a protecting role in lateral midfacial trauma. A head-to-head encounter was simulated by way of finite element analysis. In two scenarios this impact - with and without soft tissues - was investigated to demonstrate the potential protective effects. To achieve realism, a transient simulation was chosen, which considers temporal dynamics and realistic material parameters derived from CT grey values. The simulation results presented a typical zygomatic fracture with all relevant fracture lines. Including soft tissues did not change the maximum bony stress pattern, but increased the time period from impact to maximal stresses by 1.3 msec. Although this could have clinical implications, facial soft tissues may be disregarded in biomechanical simulations of the lateral midface, if only the bony structures are to be investigated. Soft tissue seems to act as a temporal buffer only.

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Unknown 22 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 23%
Student > Postgraduate 4 18%
Student > Bachelor 3 14%
Researcher 3 14%
Student > Master 2 9%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 2 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 64%
Engineering 3 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Design 1 5%
Unknown 3 14%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 July 2015.
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#12,734,135
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Outputs from Head & Face Medicine
#76
of 334 outputs
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#103,446
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Outputs of similar age from Head & Face Medicine
#3
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