Fracture of nasal bones

Abstract

Fractures of nasal bones require careful assessment for any aesthetic as well as functional impairment. Early diagnosis and correct treatment is advisable in these cases. For determination of the frequency of fractured nasal bones, the incidence according to sex, the causal factor, the association with cranio-cerebral trauma, the trauma of the trunk and extremities, drunkenness etc. has been made a statistical paper-work within IMSP CNSPMU per 2009, ascertaining that fractured nasal bones represent a diverse clinical picture, which is very frequent associated with other types of trauma, and which in most cases (almost a half о all the cases - 44,58%) is caused by aggression. The implemented treatment in fractured nasal bones without displacement is a conservative one, while in fractured nasal bones with displacement needs a surgical intervention in good time with the repositioning of the displaced bones. This is why the familiarization fractured nasal bones particularities offer the possibility to put the diagnosis in time, to implement the right treatment and to elaborate the measures of prophylaxis.