A typical presenting concern in general practitioners' offices, emergency rooms, otolaryngology, and neurology departments are facial nerve paralysis. Penetrating injury to the nerve, especially iatrogenic damage, is one of most frequent traumatic reasons The paralysis that results from blunt trauma crushes frequently appears as an incomplete or delayed affected part will determine how manifest...

INTRODUCTION: Patient reported outcomes using the FACE-Q questionnaires have become a useful method to evaluate the effectiveness of aesthetic procedures, such as face lifts, blepharoplasty, and rhinoplasty.1–3 Despite these advancements, patient reported outcomes after facial reconstructive procedures are lacking. This study aims to evaluate the satisfaction of patients undergoing reconstructi...

OBJECTIVE To determine if patterns of facial injuries differed between those of female assault victims with maxillofacial injuries and those of female patients with maxillofacial injuries from other causes. METHODS We reviewed the medical and dental records of 326 adult female facial trauma patients treated by otolaryngologists and oral/maxillofacial surgeons at the University of Kentucky Med...

Serious symptoms caused by intra-cystic bleeding are very rare. We describe a case of a maxillary cyst presenting with mid-facial deformity in a Japanese woman. She underwent bilateral Caldwell-Luc procedure 21 years earlier and suffered left cheek trauma 4 years earlier. She presented soon after the trauma complaining of left mid-facial deformity, and computed tomography showed a trilocular cy...

Facial injuries due to bear mauling or run-over accidents cause severe disfigurement of face requiring extensive reconstruction. While managing these injuries, close association with the airway and shared airway with the surgeon are important concerns for the anaesthesiologists. And airway management in such patients becomes a challenge for them because bony injuries and soft tissue deformities...

INTRODUCTION Facial paralysis is common following accidents, trauma, viral infection or tumors. CASE PRESENTATION A 24-year-old male patient was referred to us with a history of sharp penetrating trauma to the right temporal region causing unilateral paralysis of the muscles of the right forehead. He was unable to scowl or elevate his right eyebrow and there were no folds on his right forehea...

An unusual combination of facial and cervical trauma was evaluated. The MR findings are reported to describe possible complications of capitation.

This short paper describes the introduction of a clinical pathway for cranio-facial trauma (CFT) in an emergency room of a big research and teaching hospital.