Windshield glass fragment mimicking a nasal fracture / Fragmento de parabrisas mimetizando fratura nasal / Fragmento de vidrio del parabrisas que imita una fractura nasal

A male patient with facial trauma by road traffic accident arrived in the emergency room and he was assisted by the Trauma and Neurosurgery team. After clinical evaluation a frontal sinus anterior wall fracture plus a nasal fracture were diagnosed. On the primary OMS examination was checked multiple facial lacerations and gross nasal dorsum deviation with pain, nasal airway obstruction and crepitus with clinical diagnosis of a nasal fracture. After radiologic exam a piece of windshield glass that was superimposed on the nasal bones simulating a nasal fracture was visualized. This paper presents clinical data and literature review of foreign body mimicking facial fractures(AU)

Paciente do sexo masculino com trauma facial por acidente de trânsito foi avaliado na sala de emergência e foi atendido pelas equipes de Trauma e Neurocirurgia. Após avaliação clínica, foi diagnosticada fratura da parede anterior do seio frontal e fratura nasal. No exame facial foram verificadas múltiplas lacerações faciais e desvio do dorso nasal com dor, obstrução das vias aéreas e crepitação com diagnóstico clínico de fratura nasal. Após o exame radiográfico visualizou-se fragmento de vidro do pára-brisa que estava sobreposto nos ossos nasais simulando fratura. Este artigo apresenta dados clínicos e revisão de literatura de corpo estranho, mimetizando fraturas faciais(AU)

Un paciente masculino con trauma facial por accidente de tráfico llegó a la sala de emergencia y fue asistido por el equipo de Trauma and Neurocirurgia. Después de la evaluación clínica, se diagnosticaron fracturas de la pared anterior del seno frontal más una fractura nasal. En el examen primario de OMS se verificaron múltiples laceraciones faciales y desviación neta del dorso nasal con dolor, obstrucción nasal de las vías aéreas y crepitación con diagnóstico clínico de fractura nasal. Después del examen radiológico, se visualizó un trozo de vidrio del parabrisas superpuesto a los huesos nasales que simulaba una fractura nasal. Este artículo presenta datos clínicos y revisión de la literatura de cuerpos extraños que imitan fracturas faciales(AU)

Submental Intubation in Cases of Panfacial Fractures: A Retrospective Study.

Surgical treatment of panfacial fractures usually requires intraoperative temporary occlusion of the teeth and simultaneous access to the nasal pyramid. In such cases, the standard method of airway management is to perform a tracheostomy, but this may be associated with a significant number of perioperative and late complications. This study aimed to determine if submental endotracheal intubation (SEI) is a viable alternative to tracheostomy, especially when short-term postoperative control of the airway is foreseen. This was an observational retrospective study, carried out between 2012 and 2014, which involved 32 consecutive patients who sustained panfacial fractures and were surgically treated during a 3-year period in a level I trauma center hospital. Only those who required SEI were included in the sample. Four cases were excluded because of incomplete registries, follow-up period less than 4 months after hospital discharge, or other unrelated complications. The medical charts of all patients involved in the sample were carefully reviewed in order to qualify and quantify perioperative and postoperative complications related to anesthetic management. We hypothesized that SEI would not interfere with the surgical procedures and would present less morbidity and reduced complication rates. Twenty-eight patients, 24 male and 4 female, met all the inclusion criteria. The mean age was 29.5 ± 9.05 years (range, 18-56 years). The mean duration time of surgery was 8.07 ± 4.0 hours (range, 4-16 hours). There were no perioperative complications. Postoperatively, only 1 patient (3.57%) experienced a cutaneous infection at the submental region, which was easily treated. Additionally, only 1 case (3.57%) of hypertrophic scar was reported. SEI appears to be a safe, simple, and effective technique of immediate perioperative airway management in selected cases of panfacial fractures.

Single puncture for TMJ arthrocentesis: An effective technique for hydraulic distention of the superior joint space.

Temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis is a method of flushing out the synovial fluid that is currently performed by providing a double puncture to the upper joint space. The traditional 2-needle technique has some restrictions, such as the difficulty in performing it in the presence of intra-articular adherences and in the female patients, because the space is very small. The adoption of a single-needle for fluid injection might have some advantages with respect to the traditional 2-needle approach in terms of easily, time of execution and tolerability. We describe a single needle technique and we recommend the use.

Access to the frontal sinus and zygomatico frontal suture through the supratarsal fold.

Precise repositioning of a fractured zygoma is difficult. The traditional approach is through an eyebrow incision, but it can produce a scar that causes aesthetic and psychological problems for the patient. We describe the supratarsal fold approach to expose the frontozygomatic suture and to reduce small displacements of frontal sinus anterior wall; it gives good access and excellent aesthetic results.