title: Management and complications of middle- and upper-third facial compound injuries: an Iranian experience.
abstract: Surgery for 772 patients with middle- or upper-third facial injuries was carried out between 1984 and 1990 in two university hospitals in Tehran. The most common etiological factor was firearm injuries (69.04%; n = 533), followed by road traffic accidents (24.44%; n = 189). The most common associated nonfacial injuries were head injuries (36.97%; n = 285 followed by ocular injuries (23.18%; n = 179). Treatment of middle- or upper-third facial injuries ranged from minor repair to major surgery with autogenous or allogenous grafts. The complications associated with middle- or upper-third facial injuries were either postinjury complications or postoperative complications and ranged from minor infection to loss of vision.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Baqiet Ulla University Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Taher
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology