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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Year: 2013, vol. 19, issue 2
Subject Collection: Oral and Dental Medicine
Pages: 289-291
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2013192.289
Published online: 26 April 2013
J of IMAB 2013; 19(2):289-291
FACIAL FRACTURES AND RELATED INJURIES IN DEPARTMENT OF MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ‘ST. ANNA’, SOFIA, BULGARIA.
Elitsa G. Deliverska
, Martin Rubiev
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Maxillofacial fractures often occur with serious concomitant injury in trauma patients, and knowledge of the type and severity of associated injuries can assist in rapid assessment and treatment. The objective was to identify the most commonly occurring injuries associated with facial fractures in severely injured trauma patients.
Key words: maxillofacial trauma, associated injuries.
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Deliverska EG, Rubiev M. Facial Fractures and Related Injuries in Department of Maxillo-facial Surgery, University Hospital ‘St. Anna’, Sofia, Bulgaria. J of IMAB. 2013; 19(2):289-291. doi: 10.5272/jimab.2013192.289
Correspondence to: Elitsa Georgieva Deliverska, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia. 1, St. Georgi Sofiiski boul., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Received: 15 February 2013
Published online: 26 April 2013