PREOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF MAXILLOFACIAL WAR INJURIES.

Management of sport-related maxillofacial injuries.

By analyzing sports-related maxillofacial fractures, we sought to describe preventive measures and recovery times until sporting activities could be resumed. Between January 2001 and December 2006, 1241 patients were hospitalized as a result of maxillofacial fractures. The patients with sports-related maxillofacial fractures were analyzed based on age, sex, type of sport, injury mechanism, trau...

Ocular injuries, triage, and management in maxillofacial trauma.

Management of war-related vascular injuries: experience from the second gulf war

AIM To study the biomechanism, pattern of injury, management, and outcome of major vascular injuries treated at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait during the Second Gulf War. METHODS This is a descriptive retrospective study. War-related injured patients who had major vascular injuries and were treated at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital from August 1990 to September 1991 were stu...

Extremity war injuries: current management and research priorities.

The United States Armed Forces have been engaged in combat operations for more than 10 years. Not enough can be said about nor enough gratitude expressed to our troops for their commitment and sacrifice during this period. This supplement to the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Armed Services and to their families and...

War Wounds and Injuries