@article{ref1,
title="Management of maxillofacial injuries in the Iran-Iraq War",
journal="Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery",
year="1997",
author="Akhlaghi, F. and Aframian-Farnad, F.",
volume="55",
number="9",
pages="927-30;discussion 930",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-2391",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}