TY - JOUR
T1 - Principles of care for patients with craniofacial ballistic injuries
AU - Yu, Jack
AU - Tidwell, Taylor
AU - Schaefer, Amanda W.
AU - Lin, Kant
AU - Lee, Chia Chun
AU - Wang, Tien Hsiang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Taiwan Surgical Association. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of Taiwan Surgical Association.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - Abstract: The mortality rate from firearm injuries in the United States has decreased from 30.3 per 100,000 people in 1990 to 20.6 in 2010, likely because of improvement in treatments. However, the incidence of gunshot wounds continues to increase, including the number of mass shootings, even though the definition of which is still unclear. According to Gun Violence Archives, there were 346 mass shootings in the United States, defined as 4 or more injuries in a single incident, in 2017, with 437 deaths and 1803 injured. This article briefly reviews the ballistics of firearms pertinent for maxillofacial surgeons and summarizes the lessons learned from caring for patients with ballistic injuries to the craniofacial region based on the available peer-reviewed publications and the authors' combined experience of more than six decades. Specifically, we discuss in details the roles of plastic surgeons as a member of the multidisciplinary trauma team in the following three phases: damage control, definitive treatment, and long-term rehabilitation.
AB - Abstract: The mortality rate from firearm injuries in the United States has decreased from 30.3 per 100,000 people in 1990 to 20.6 in 2010, likely because of improvement in treatments. However, the incidence of gunshot wounds continues to increase, including the number of mass shootings, even though the definition of which is still unclear. According to Gun Violence Archives, there were 346 mass shootings in the United States, defined as 4 or more injuries in a single incident, in 2017, with 437 deaths and 1803 injured. This article briefly reviews the ballistics of firearms pertinent for maxillofacial surgeons and summarizes the lessons learned from caring for patients with ballistic injuries to the craniofacial region based on the available peer-reviewed publications and the authors' combined experience of more than six decades. Specifically, we discuss in details the roles of plastic surgeons as a member of the multidisciplinary trauma team in the following three phases: damage control, definitive treatment, and long-term rehabilitation.
KW - ballistics
KW - maxillofacial gunshot wounds
KW - treatment principles
KW - virtual surgical planning
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U2 - 10.1097/FS9.0000000000000035
DO - 10.1097/FS9.0000000000000035
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85168838452
SN - 1682-606X
VL - 56
SP - 33
EP - 42
JO - Formosan Journal of Surgery
JF - Formosan Journal of Surgery
IS - 2
ER -