Traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula in a multiple facial fractures patient: case report and literature review.

Carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) is a pathologic communication between internal carotid artery (ICA) and cavernous sinus (CS). CCF occurs most commonly in association with craniofacial trauma. Traumatic CCFs are very rare, occurring in 0.

Infected facial tissue fillers: case series and review of the literature.

Since 2007, 21 female and 1 male patient aged 25 to 55 years, who either did not have any obvious causative infection source or, despite the presence of nonvital teeth, did not display typical symptoms of odontogenic infection, were treated for acute facial inflammation. All these patients admitted previous application of injectable soft tissue fillers (ISTFs) performed in either private plastic surgery and dermatology practices or cosmetic salons. The period between injection and infection varied from 1 week to 6 years.

Submental intubation versus tracheostomy in maxillofacial trauma patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the indications and outcomes of airway management by submental intubation or tracheostomy in patients with maxillofacial trauma, and to describe the technique of submental intubation in detail and discuss its latest refinements.

Patients And Methods: Of 356 patients admitted from January 2004 through September 2007 with maxillofacial trauma, 222 were operated on under general anesthesia. Eight patients underwent urgent or elective tracheostomy; 8 patients underwent submental intubation.

Differences in the location and multiplicity of mandibular fractures in Kuwait, Canada and Finland during the 1990s.

Objective: To compare the location and multiplicity of mandibular fractures in Kuwait, Canada and Finland during the 1990s.

Subjects And Methods: Data were collected from several hospitals in Kuwait (1991-2000), Toronto General Hospital in Canada (1995-2000) and Oulu University Hospital in Finland (1990-1999). The data were analyzed statistically using chi-square test, ANOVA, t test and logistic regression.

Differences in the etiology of mandibular fractures in Kuwait, Canada, and Finland.

We studied causes of mandibular fractures treated in oral and maxillofacial units in three countries in years 1990-2000 in Kuwait (n=596), 1995-2000 in Canada (n=228), and 1990-99 in Finland (n=268). Of the Finnish patients, 27% were women. Corresponding percentages in Kuwait and Canada were 13 and 17%, respectively.