title: [Treatment of frontobasal trauma and polytrauma].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper describes the historical development as well as current concepts of frontobasal fracture treatment by maxillofacial surgeons.
  Based on the experience of many years a diagnostic and therapeutic treatment concept was developed, which proved to be adequate in 320 patients with 90 frontobasal fractures in the last five years.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund- und Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Joos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piffko
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed