title: [Facial trauma: characteristics and therapy].
abstract: This department was established 35 years ago. Since then, many patients with facial trauma, both soldiers and civilians, have been treated and extensive experience has been accumulated. From 1990 to 1995, 487 patients with facial trauma (18.6% of the patients in the department) where hospitalized and treated. 88.5% suffered from injuries which included facial bones, and the others from soft tissue injuries only. We summarize our experience, analyzing both the demographic and clinical characteristics of the injuries and the treatment administered. Based on our experience and the current literature, we present an overview of the issue.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peled
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laufer
mesh_terms: D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000628:therapy; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000628:therapy; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000628:therapy