The high incidence of trauma, especially in elderly people anticoagulated with new oral anticoagulants (NOAs), has become a major challenge, particularly in critical situations with life-threatening bleeding. Under these circumstances, urgent NOA reversion becomes mandatory. Prothrombin complex has become a frequent indication in critical situations in which rapid reversal of anticoagulation is...

OBJECTIVE . The aim was to overview the etiology, prevalence and possible outcomes of dental trauma. MATERIAL AND METHODS An electronic search of Medline (PubMed), Cochrane, SSCI (Social Citation Index), SCI (Science Citation Index) databases from 1995 to the present, using the following search words: tooth injuries, tooth trauma, traumatized teeth, dental trauma, dentoalveolar trauma, oral t...

According to the Advanced Trauma Life Support recommendations for managing patients with life-threatening injuries, securing the airway is the first task of a primary caregiver. Airway management of patients with maxillofacial trauma is complex and crucial because it can dictate a patient's survival. Securing the airway of patients with maxillofacial trauma is often extremely difficult because ...

Traumatic injuries to the chin impact facial and oral soft tissues with lacerations, abrasions, and contusions. The anterior segment of the mandible may be fractured as a result of direct impact to the chin.' Several reports describe fractures of posterior teeth" and the mandibular bone at the subcondyle area." Kennedy reports pulp necrosis in a primary molar as a result of indirect trauma to t...

Mucosal ulcers of less than 3 weeks' duration are usually identified. Lesional borders may be slightly raised, with a peripheral red halo. The center of the lesion is frequently filled with yellow to brown necrotic debris. The surface may be crusty, especially in the areas on the lips which are not continually bathed in saliva. The traumatic ulcer will often conform to the shape of the initiati...

Computed tomography (CT) is currently the diagnostic modality of choice in the evaluation of clinically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma, including the assessment of blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries. CT signs of bowel and/or mesenteric injuries are bowel wall defect, free air, oral contrast material extravasation, extravasation of contrast material from mesenteric vessels, mesente...

Pyogenic granuloma is thought to represent an exuberant tissue response to local irritation or trauma. It is a tissue reactional to constant minor trauma and might be related to hormonal changes. Clinically these lesions usually present as single nodule or sessile papule with smooth or lobulated surface. The size at diagnosis may vary from a few millimeters to several centimeters. Pyogenic gran...

Myiasis is the invasion of animal or human tissues by the larval stage of flies (Diptera). It is an accidental infestation in human. In this report a rural fifty-six-year old patient with myiasis on the scalp is presented. He was referred to clinic with a mass on his left temporo-occipital area. There was no history of trauma to his head or presence of ulcer on his scalp. In physical examinatio...