title: Management outline of oral and maxillofacial missile injuries in Iraq: the value of the intermediate phase.
abstract: Oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Iraq are practicing in a paradoxical situation where a high number of extensive injuries are accompanied by limited resources. Steps of management should be followed cautiously in attempts to reduce residual deformities that characterize the end results of severe missile injuries. This study elucidate lessons extirpated from surgical experience in the management of diversity of causalities with special emphasis on the intermediate phase of management as well as different modalities of treatment, trying to get best benefit from available resources.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, College of Dentistry, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq. mohammedhashim63@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mohammed Hashim
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Maki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D004210:Dissection; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008338:Mandibular Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008499:Medical Records; D009055:Mouth / Q000293:injuries*; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000293:injuries; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D009957:Oroantral Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*