title: Cranio-orbital trauma: a team approach to management.
abstract: We present 48 patients having multidisciplinary management following severe trauma to the fronto-orbito-nasal area. Surgical methods, including a preliminary débridement and later comprehensive repair are described in detail and results and problems are discussed. We wish to emphasise the better functional and cosmetic results that are gained by undertaking a comprehensive repair in the early post-injury phase, avoiding late intracranial infection, secondary surgery and prolonged hospitalisation. The techniques require cooperation between a reconstructive surgeon and a neurosurgeon.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Craniofacial Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control