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Background

Historic methods of classifying temporal bone fractures have been shown to poorly correlate with clinical findings. Due to the mechanisms of injury associated with these fractures, complete examination of patients can be difficult. An effective and simple way of correlating radiological findings in temporal bone fractures with complications like facial nerve weakness and paralysis will better guide physicians in treatment of their patients. We hypothesize that a classification system based on the medial extent of a fracture will best predict facial nerve injuries.