Is Surgical Navigation Useful During Closed Reduction of Nasal Bone Fractures?

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To report the case of a 42-year-old woman with a nasal bone fracture that was easily treated using a surgical navigation system. METHODS: In this clinical report, the authors suggest that intraoperative surgical navigation systems are useful diagnostically and for localizing sites of nasal bone fractures exactly. RESULTS: The patient underwent successful closed reduction of the nasal bone fracture. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical navigation is a useful tool for identifying nasal bone fracture locations and for guiding closed reduction. Surgical navigation is recommended when nasal bone fractures are complicated or not well reduced using the ordinary method.