AIRWAY obstruction is a recognized life-threatening complication of facial fractures. Approximately 27% of patients who present with LeFort fractures require a tracheostorny or a tracheal intubation for the management of airway obstruction or respiratory depression. ' However, obstruction of a secured endotracheal tube caused by external compression of the fracture fragments has not been report...

Eight cases of basal skull fracture with transverse fracture of the petrous temporal bone with medial extension to the internal carotid artery and lateral extension of the structures of the middle ear are described. Injuries in all cases were due to major blunt impact to the head usually occurring in a motor vehicle accident. General autopsy revealed major blood loss without any obvious externa...

Traumatic chiasmal syndrome is one of the rare etiologies syndrome, characterized by optic chiasm injury following head trauma. The main visual defect associated bitemporal hemianopia with macular splitting; however, it can present a variety other defects and neurologic signs. authors report case complete after trauma, multiple frontal skull base fractures no deficits, or hypothalamic-pituitary...

Complications following nasogastric intubation in patients with basal skull fractures are well documented. This report is of a rare cause of inadvertent intracranial placement of a nasogastric (NG) tube in a non-trauma patient. The patient subsequently died. The use of NG tubes, their place in airway management, and lessons to be learned from this case are discussed.

A case of unilateral blindness following blunt injury to the skull is presented. The patient died 4 days after the initial injury, presenting the rare opportunity of a detailed histopathological study of the acute features of the condition. The findings are discussed in the context of current theories of the pathogenesis of optic nerve injury in fractures of the optic canal.