Surgical procedure in a patient with multiple facial fractures

Authors

  • José Jardón Caballero Facultad de Estomatología, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Johannes René Mestre Cabello Hospital Oncológico Docente Provincial “Conrado Benítez García”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Mario Rafael Leyet Martínez Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

facial traumatisms, panfacial fractures, rigid internal skeletal fixation.

Abstract

The case report of a 45 years patient that was assisted in the Emergency Intensive Cares Unit of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba is described, after falling down of an approximate height of 6 meters due to a high energy impact that provoked him fractures in the three thirds of the facial region.  He was surgically treated as an emergency by a multidisciplinary team.  After several surgical procedures and intubation with mechanical ventilation for 72 hours, he was referred to the Intensive Cares Unit due to his very serious state, where he stayed during 21 days and had a favorable clinical course.

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Published

2016-11-07

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Jardón Caballero J, Mestre Cabello JR, Leyet Martínez MR. Surgical procedure in a patient with multiple facial fractures. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2016 Nov. 7 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];20(11). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/1144

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 11 (2016): MEDISAN

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Case Reports

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