Acute management of maxillofacial trauma: A review of literature

Abstract

Management of trauma has progressed dramatically over the past few decades thereby reducing mortality in the golden hour. Challenges exist, however, one such region is maxillofacial injury in a patient with polytrauma. Because of the regions close to the brain, cervical spine and airway, serious injuries to the maxillofacial area may complicate the early treatment of a trauma patient. In case of maxillofacial injuries, the normal procedures of airway respiration and circulation (ABC) management are also changed or augmented by other approaches. In an often-challenging situation these modifications have their own difficulties and pitfalls.