Facial trauma

Facial Trauma
Although airway patency must always be considered in patients with facial trauma, deforming injuries to the face should never distract the EP from attending to other, more serious life-threatening conditions.
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Facial trauma
Definition
Facial trauma is any injury of the face and upper jaw bone (maxilla).

Facial trauma
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Facial trauma
Alternate Names : Maxillofacial injury, Midface trauma, Facial injury, LeFort injuries
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Any injury to the mouth, face or jaw is a facial trauma, also called maxillofacial trauma.

Facial Trauma
Topics
Introduction- External Ear Trauma- Fractures of the Jaw and Contiguous Structures- Fractures of the Nose-Temporal Bone Fractures ...

Facial Trauma, Mandibular Fractures »
The first description of mandible fractures was as early as 1650 BC, when an Egyptian papyrus described the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of mandible fractures.

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Definition Maxillofacial trauma refers to any injury to the face or jaw caused by physical force, foreign objects, or burns. Description Maxillofacial trauma includes injuries to any of the bony or fleshy structures of the face.

Facial trauma
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History: Individuals who suffer facial trauma severe enough to fracture the maxilla or mandible may be unconscious or unable to speak. A clear description of the events leading up to the trauma should be obtained from the individual or witnesses.

Patients suffering significant head, neck, or facial trauma should be evaluated and treated in hospital emergency rooms.

Facial trauma
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nasal fracture, nose fracture, punch in the nose, deviated septum, nose bleed, nosebleed, nasal bleeding, nose injury, nasal injury, facial trauma, face injury, broken nose, facial trauma, swelling of the nose, black eye, crooked nose ...

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Cranial CT Scan. Definition ... A CT scan is recommended to help: Evaluate acute cranial-facial trauma. Diagnose an acute stroke ...
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An endodontist with hospital privileges might be called in to examine patients with dental and facial trauma. Opportunistic infections or inflammations of exposed tooth pulp may need immediate treatment before reconstructive work can begin.

Causes include chronic nose infections, hay fever and nasal polyps, and facial trauma. Some babies are born with a blocked tear duct. A blocked tear duct may unblock itself or require intervention such as drainage, massage, antibiotics or surgery...

Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis.
The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.

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See also: Trauma, Injury, Symptom, Injuries, Fracture