Panfacial Trauma: A Case Report

Abstract

Panfacial trauma is one of the most common cause of death among young people (under 40 years of age). Facial injury patients may be associated with other body injuries also which leads to poor prognosis [6]. When facial fractures simultaneously involve the the upper 1/3rd, middle 1/3rd and lower 1/3rd; its known as "panfacial fracture" [3]. The management of such type of injury can prove challenging to the operator and life threatening for the patient. This article reports one case of panfacial trauma in a 60 year old male patient, who was being operated in our institute and case was managed successfully.