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Face the Music: Emergency Management of Facial Fractures
Maxillofacial trauma is common in the emergency department as ~80% of patients with polytrauma sustain injuries to the head, face, and/or neck. The most common etiologies of facial fractures are: assault (36%), motor vehicle accidents (32%), falls (18%), sports injuries (11%), occupational injuries (3%), and gunshot wounds (2%).3 The most commonly fractured facial bones are (in descending order): nasal bones, orbital floor, zygomaticomaxillary complex, maxillary sinuses, mandibular ramus, and the nasoethmoidorbital. This post will review the general approach to evaluation of maxillofacial trauma in the ED followed by specific management recommendations for various fracture patterns.
Grand Rounds Recap 12.15.21
Join us for a recap of this week’s robust Grand Rounds. We have a wide array of topics including biliary pathology, ED operations and how are decisions impact boarding, congenital long QT and Boerhaave syndrome, TTP, and pediatric stridor.
Grand Rounds Recap 12.8.21
During this week’s Grand Rounds, Dr. Frederick presented Morbidity and Mortality and the ultrasound team taught us how to perform femoral nerve blocks. On themselves.