Rowe Zygomatic Elevator, 21.5 cm – Maxillofacial

Moving a displaced zygoma is one of the more forceful manoeuvres in facial surgery. The bone is wedged in a displaced position and impacted against its neighbours, and freeing it takes sustained force rather than a light lift — so the instrument has to be stiff enough that what the surgeon applies at the handle arrives undiminished at the tip. Any flex in the shaft absorbs the effort and, worse, hides the moment the bone releases.

That moment is the whole point of the manoeuvre, because zygomatic reduction is judged by feel and by the position of the bone rather than by direct vision of the fracture. At 21.5 cm the elevator gives enough leverage to generate real force while keeping the working tip under control — a longer lever would multiply force further but make it much harder to stop precisely, which matters when the orbit and its contents sit immediately adjacent to the bone being moved.

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