Facial trauma, also called maxillofacial trauma, is any physical trauma to the face. Facial trauma can involve soft tissue injuries such as burns, lacerations...
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Oral and maxillofacial surgery (redirect from Facial reconstruction)
reconstructive surgery of the face, facial trauma surgery, the mouth, head and neck, and jaws, as well as facial plastic surgery including cleft lip and...
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facial nerve paralysis. Understandably, the likelihood of facial paralysis after trauma depends on the location of the trauma. Most commonly, facial paralysis...
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modern-day facial fractures, the Le Fort type fracture classification is still utilized today by medical providers to aid in describing facial trauma for communication...
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Penetrating facial trauma can pose a risk to the airway and breathing; airway obstruction can occur later due to swelling or bleeding. Penetrating eye trauma can...
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Major trauma is any injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. There are many causes of major trauma, blunt and penetrating...
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Bell's palsy (redirect from Temporary facial palsy)
Bell's palsy is a type of facial paralysis that results in a temporary inability to control the facial muscles on the affected side of the face. In most...
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Polytrauma (redirect from Poly trauma)
Polytrauma and multiple trauma are medical terms describing the condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries, such as a...
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Eye injury (redirect from Eye trauma)
can lead to eye trauma. Road traffic accidents (RTAs) with head and facial trauma may also have an eye injury – these are usually severe in nature with...
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Face (redirect from Facial feature)
facial features. Maxillofacial surgery may also be used in cases of facial trauma, injury to the face and skin diseases. Severely disfigured individuals...
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Allergic shiner Symptoms Infraorbital venous congestion and edema Causes Allergic rhinitis Differential diagnosis Facial trauma, inflammatory disease...
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such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma. Cricothyrotomy is nearly always performed as a last resort in cases...
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drug. When the facial nerve is permanently damaged due to a birth defect, trauma, or other disorder, surgery including a cross facial nerve graft or masseteric...
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Dental trauma refers to trauma (injury) to the teeth and/or periodontium (gums, periodontal ligament, alveolar bone), and nearby soft tissues such as...
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PMID 25657190. Sanders MJ, McKenna K (2001). "Chapter 22: Head and Facial Trauma". Mosby's Paramedic Textbook (2nd revised ed.). Mosby. Graham DI, Gennareli...
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The facial muscles are a group of striated skeletal muscles supplied by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) that, among other things, control facial expression...
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is usually associated with disruption of the skull: after head and facial trauma, tumors of the skull base, after neurosurgery or otorhinolaryngology...
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respiratory arrest A person has experienced facial trauma or facial burns A person who has had previous facial, esophageal, or gastric surgery may find this...
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Retrieved March 12, 2013. Zadik Y, Levin L (February 2009). "Oral and facial trauma among paratroopers in the Israel Defense Forces". Dent Traumatol. 25...
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Rectal examination (redirect from Trauma handshake)
defecating blood or black tarry stools that can not be easily attributed to facial trauma or oral surgery, eating beets or anything with red food dye or overuse...
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Spinal cord injury (redirect from Spinal cord trauma)
SCI patients also have head trauma or facial trauma. Other commonly associated injuries include chest trauma, abdominal trauma, pelvic fractures, and long...
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through this reflex. This reflex has been seen to occur during many pan facial trauma surgeries due to stimulation of any of the three branches of trigeminal...
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Other situations possibly requiring confirmatory testing include severe facial trauma where determination of brainstem reflexes will be difficult, pre-existing...
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Injury in humans (category Trauma types)
liver failure. Facial trauma may affect the eyes, nose, ears, or mouth. Nasal trauma is a common injury and the most common type of facial injury. Oral...
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such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma. A cricothyrotomy is nearly always performed as a last resort in cases...
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setting, indications for tracheotomy include such conditions as severe facial trauma, tumors of the head and neck (e.g., cancers, branchial cleft cysts)...
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(2020). "1.2 - Radiological Evaluation of the Craniofacial Skeleton". Facial Trauma Surgery - From Primary Repair to Reconstruction. Elsevier. pp. 16–31...
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Tooth mobility (section Dental trauma)
especially to the central incisors. These traumas may also be isolated or associated with other facial trauma. Luxation injury and root fractures of teeth...
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Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 2nd revised Ed. Chapter 22, "Head and Facial Trauma." Mosby. Kushner D (1998). "Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Toward Understanding...
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Synkinesis (section Facial synkinesis)
or chewing. Trigeminal-Facial Synkinesis After surgical trauma, the muscles of mastication can become reinnervated by the facial nerve as opposed to the...
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