Reconstrucción de fractura facial

Facial trauma can correspond to a wide range of injuries, from simple skin wounds to massive destruction of the face, usually with injury to the skull and brain. The face is a very complex and intricate unit, mainly due to the skull, brain, and neck, in addition to the organs and systems that it surrounds such as the eyes, airway, digestive tract, ears, smell, taste, chewing, and swallowing, phonation, and brain functions.

For the diagnosis and evaluation of a patient with facial trauma, conventional radiography and computerized axial tomography are available.

In general, fractures need surgery to be solved, the urgency of the same depends on the injuries and the damaged sections.

If patients are attended to in time, emergencies can be solved, avoiding aesthetic and functional consequences, so that they can be fully and quickly reincorporated.