Citation

Akhlaghi F, Aframian-Farnad F. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 1997; 55(9): 927-30;discussion 930-1.

Affiliation

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taleghani Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9294500

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study discusses types of maxillofacial injury, their treatment, and complications encountered in the Iran-Iraq war. PATIENTS AND METHODS: During 1981 to 1986, 210 casualties were treated with 250 operations in Mostafa-Khomeini hospital in Tehran. Their records were analyzed retrospectively. The operations were mostly reconstructive and consisted of methods adopted because of available instruments of that time. RESULTS: Mandibular defects were the most prominent kind of injury (43.2%), and approximately two thirds of them needed tracheostomy. Ophthalmic injuries represented 20% of midfacial injuries. Osteomyelitis was a common complication of primary phases of treatment. CONCLUSION: The inability to evacuate and promptly treat patients with gunshot wounds can result in complications, especially infections, that make the later phases of treatment difficult.

Language: en