Rehabilitation of war-injured patients with implants: Analysis of 442 implants placed during a 6-year period

Surgical approach to the maxillofacial injuries occurred in the Syrian civil war

“…Sonuçta, biz cerrahları en çok ilgilendiren konu ciddi kemik plak fragmantasyonu meydana gelmesidir. Baktığımızda lateral yüz tarafındaki implosyon mekanizmasının etkileri, dalgayı sınırlayan zigomatik payandalar tarafından oluşturulan lateral maksiller sinüs duvarının yuvarlak şekli nedeniyle daha az şiddetli de olabilmektedir 10 . Genel olarak, daha az yanal yüz kemikleri, eşit blast dalga kinetik enerjisine maruz kalıyorsa, orta üçüncü cephenin ön yüzüne ya da yüz yüzüne göre ezilecek ve MFY durumların daha açık hale gelecektir.…”

Maxillofacial Reconstruction of Ballistic Injuries

“…near the eyes, the alar base of the nose, oral commissures and the vermilion border of the lips. Many of these and other operations including masticatory rehabilitation and restoration of occlusion with osseointegrated implants can be done later under local anesthesia and sedation on an outpatient basis [14,16,20].…”

Current trends in the management of maxillofacial gunshot injuries: a critical review

“…Reconstruction of soft tissue defects must be in accord with the reconstructive ladder, that is, simple primary closure in small wounds without tension and more complex reconstructive procedures including local flap, regional flap or free flaps in difficult wounds. Local undermining and use of regional soft tissue advancement rotation flaps for primary closure of maxillofacial soft tissue defects during the same operation has proved beneficial from both an aesthetic and functional point of view in gunshot injuries 4,6,7,[18][19][20] .…”

“…Leaving the defects open results in extensive scarring of the facial tissues, complicating subsequent surgical procedures, and should be avoided even in contaminated penetrating wounds 4,7,[18][19][20][21] .…”