Originally Posted by
Phlorida
Mine healed on it's own luckily, your injuries are far more serious than mine were. I saw an ENT surgeon the morning following the accident and he described the likelihood of needing a plate to support my cheekbone but said that I was too swollen to even be examined thoroughly. A week later he saw me and said "keep doing whatever it is that you are doing."
Really, with my PT background I know of 2 scenarios for repairing what I have.
1st will be if ortho can reduce the fracture and stabilize it by wiring my jaw shut, it would heal.
2nd scenario is an ORIF--plates, pins, screws to mechanically stabilize it.
Either way I'm sucking food thru a straw for awhile. Pureed ribeye blended up with beef broth anyone?