Objectives Airway management in patients with panfacial trauma is complicated. In addition to involving facial lesions, such trauma compromises the airway, and the use of intermaxillary fixation makes it difficult to secure ventilation by usual approaches (nasotracheal or endotracheal intubation). Submental airway derivation is an alternative to tracheostomy and nasotracheal intubation, allowin...

The management of post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in the context of facial bone fracture remains a surgical challenge. The complexity increases in those cases of concurrent traumatic brain injury and craniofacial fractures. The optimal timing for facial bone fracture repair is still controversial in traumatic CSF leak patients [1]. An unrestrained, non-helmeted 14-year-old female ...

Abstract Concomitant maxillofacial and cervical spine injuries occur in 0.8–12% of the cases. We examined relation injury localization probability fracture. A retrospective study was conducted on patients that have been treated at Dortmund General Hospital for both to region between January 1st, 2007 December 31th, 2017. Descriptive statistical methods were used describe correlation with gender...

The aim of this study was to evaluate and analyze current trends in the management of trauma in patients presenting to oral and maxillofacial surgery department of Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi from Jan 2008 to Dec 2010. In this retrospective study, data of 613 patients with maxillofacial fractures treated at oral and maxillofacial surgery department, Armed Forces Institute of...

OBJECTIVE To review our experience with miniplate fixation of fractures of the symphyseal and parasymphyseal regions of the mandible. METHODS A retrospective review of all mandible fractures treated from July 1, 1999, through July 31, 2011, by one of us (Y.D.) was performed. Intraoral, open rigid fixation of noncomminuted symphyseal and parasymphyseal fractures was performed using a combinati...

The fractures of the orbital floor are common after craniofacial trauma. Repair with resorbable plates is a viable reconstructive option; however, there are few reports in the literature. This study describes our experience using copolymer polylactic and polyglycolic acid (PLLA/PGA) orbital reconstruction plates (LactoSorb, Lorenz Surgical, Jacksonville, FL) in 29 cases of the orbital floor fra...

Objectives/Hypothesis Over 3 million incidents of facial trauma occur each year in the United States. This study aims to determine trends operative middle and upper maxillofacial one largest US cities. Study Design Retrospective case-control study. Methods chart review all from July 1993 2010 presenting Los Angeles County Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center. Data included demographics, mechanism ...