Severe panfacial fracture with facial explosion: integrated and multistaged reconstructive procedures.
Midface fractures, especially if related to traffic accidents, represent a remarkable problem from a surgical, psychological, and social standpoint. In trauma dynamics, the pattern of the fractures can extend to all bony fragments and is often associated with soft tissue injuries and loss of bony structures. This can lead to posttraumatic deformities that greatly influence the patient psychologically and limit his social rehabilitation, sometimes permanently. Panfacial trauma includes midface fractures associated with fractures of other areas (i.e., mandible, frontal bone). Orbits and the nasoethmoidal area are often involved with loss of soft tissue and, in severe cases, loss of orbital contents. We report an unusual complex clinical case representative of this kind of pathological profile in which the guidelines described in the literature were followed in the reconstructive procedure.
Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, St. Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy. csr@unife.it
Luigi
L
Clauser
Manlio
M
Galiè
Stefano
S
Mandrioli
Elisabetta
E
Sarti
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000293:injuries; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*