One of the most indispensable skill set of a maxillofacial surgeon is required for facial trauma cases. Simply put, trauma is a physical injury which can be due to various reasons, most commonly road traffic accidents, physical assaults, sports injuries and so on. We get to see a wide variety of injuries related to such cases which can be as bad as someone losing their vision to something as minor as an abrasion on the face. Is each case a prototype of another? No!
The pattern of these injuries depends on a multitude of factors like the speed of the vehicle, direction of the collision, whether or not a seat belt was worn at the time of accident etc. And so in our practice, we would barely ever encounter two trauma cases which are identical. However, the basic principles remain the same for all: RESTORING THE NORMAL FORM AND FUNCTION like before as much as possible. It can be either in a…
