Correlating Facial Fractures and Cranial Injuries

Age and Number of Surgeries Increase Risk for Complication in Polytrauma Patients with Operative Maxillofacial Fractures

“…Similar to previous reports [25][26][27][28]. We found associated injuries including intracranial hemorrhage (16.4%), skull fractures (23.7%), and spinal fractures (12.1%).…”

Pattern of Maxillofacial Trauma among Patients with Head Injuries

“…25 In agreement with a study by Pappachan and Alexander, we observed that CSF rhinorrhoea was nearly twice as frequent as CSF otorrhoea. 27 This may be explained by the fact that anterior Cranial base is relatively closer to midfacial structures and has more sutural connection with midfacial bones compared to the middle cranial base. Thus, the chance of anterior cranial base fracture and resulting CSF rhinorrhoea is expected to be higher.…”

Reply to letter to the editor “The relationship between head injury and facial trauma: a case–control study”

“…For example, some investigators have simply classified facial bone fractures as mandibular, maxillary, or zygomatic, while other researchers have used a very complex classification system. In the same way, a variety of definitions and classifications for head injuries and the etiologies of trauma could be found in the literature [1][2][3]. In our study, similar to prior studies, we defined a classification system for the pattern of facial and head injuries and also for the etiologies of trauma and analyzed the data accordingly.…”