Le Fort III fractures: An approach to resuscitation and management.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Le Fort fractures occur in approximately 20% of facial fractures and result from a high velocity/force mechanism of injury. In those rare 20% occurrences, the Le Fort III fractures are the least common and are highly associated with injuries of the cervical spine, intracranial, and internal neck structures.

Importance

This makes them difficult to manage and requiring a definitive sequence of resuscitation and thorough secondary and tertiary surveys thereafter. The morbidity and mortality of these severe fractures is high but with appropriate resuscitation and adequate stabilization of the fracture, this may be improved on and lowered.

Case presentation

A male sustaining multiple stabs to the face presents to a level one trauma emergency unit haemodynamica

SUBMITTER: Pswarayi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486697 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature