Emergent Soft Tissue Repair in Facial Trauma

Melissa Marks; Derek Polecritti; Ronald Bergman; Cody A Koch

doi:10.1016/j.fsc.2017.06.010

Emergent Soft Tissue Repair in Facial Trauma

Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2017 Nov;25(4):593-604. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2017.06.010.

Authors

Melissa Marks¹, Derek Polecritti¹, Ronald Bergman², Cody A Koch³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mercy Medical Center, 1111 6(th) Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314, USA.
² Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bergman Folkers Plastic Surgery, 2000 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314, USA.
³ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Koch Facial Plastic Surgery, 4855 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, IA 50265, USA. Electronic address: codykoch@kochmd.com.

PMID: 28941511
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2017.06.010

Abstract

Emergency personnel, surgeons, and ancillary health care providers frequently encounter soft tissue injuries in facial trauma. Appropriate evaluation and management is essential to achieve optimal functional and aesthetic outcomes.

Keywords: Facial trauma; Reconstruction; Soft tissue.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Emergencies
Esthetics
Facial Injuries / surgery*
Humans
Photography
Soft Tissue Injuries / surgery*