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In 1901, René Le Fort published his experimental findings of facial fracture patterns. His studies involved subjecting cadaver skulls to various forces of impact and analyzing the fractures that resulted. He described that fractures tended to occur in characteristic locations, which he noted corresponded to relatively weak areas of the facial skeleton [1]. With these findings, he introduced the term “pillars of resistance,” which represent the strongest areas of the facial skeleton, and the fracture patterns he found occurred between these pillars. His report outlined three patterns of fractures with each bearing his name followed by a number, I, II, or III, depending on their location.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Gina M. Rogers M.D. & Richard C. Allen M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Wayne State University School of Med, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Evan H. Black

  2. Oakland University William Beaumont, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Oculoplastic Surgery, Southfield, Michigan, USA

    Frank A. Nesi

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

    Christopher J. Calvano

  4. William Beaumont School of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Co-Director, Oculoplastic Surgery, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Geoffrey J. Gladstone

  5. Former Chief of Ophthalmology, Emeritus Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology Case Western Reserve University, South Euclid, USA

    Mark R. Levine

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Rogers, G.M., Allen, R.C. (2012). Le Fort Fractures. In: Black, E., Nesi, F., Calvano, C., Gladstone, G., Levine, M. (eds) Smith and Nesi’s Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0971-7_15

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