Open AccessPattern, severity, and management of cranio-maxillofacial soft-tissue injuries in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Akinbami Babatunde Olayemi,
Akadiri Oladimeji Adeniyi,
Samuel Ebele Udeabor,
Obiechina Ambrose Emeka
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.120362
Subject(s) - port harcourt , medicine , craniofacial , etiology , soft tissue , road traffic , surgery , poison control , road traffic accident , emergency medicine , socioeconomics , sociology , psychiatry , transport engineering , engineering
The pattern of craniofacial soft-tissue injuries occurring either in isolation or in association with fractures vary in different societies and is multiply influenced. The effects are enormous because of the prominence of the face; therefore, the purpose of this study was to document any changing pattern, severity and management of these craniofacial injuries in our center.