@article{ref1,
title="Our experience managing difficult accidental chainsaw trauma",
journal="Journal of cranialfacial surgery",
year="2019",
author="Cascino, Flavia and Pini, Niccolò and Giovannoni, Maria Elisa and Aboh, Ikenna Valentine and Gabriele, Guido and Niccolai, Gianluca and Zerini, Federico and Amadi, Jude Ugochukwu and Gennaro, Paolo",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Chainsaw and circular-saw injuries represent a rare condition within the maxillofacial region. The purpose of this clinical report is to describe the injuries and the clinical and surgical management of these rare traumas. <br><br>METHODS: In this clinical report, 11 patients, presenting themselves to the emergency room in the hospital &quot;Policlinico Le Scotte,&quot; Siena, from March 2016 to September 2017 with severe chainsaw and circular-saw injuries, were included. All of the patients underwent general anesthesia and surgical treatment. This study describes 3 of the 11 patients with saw injuries. <br><br>RESULTS: No complications occurred during surgeries and a good primary closure of the wound margins were achieved in all patients. However, after surgery, the authors experienced some complications in 2 patients: the 1st one displayed chewing problems due to extensive local edema; the 2nd one developed a total loss of vision in his left eye, even though there was no damage inflected to the eye ball during the trauma or surgery. <br><br>CONCLUSION: All the patients were followed during the 1st year after surgery. The authors evaluated the patients at 3 months, 6 months, and after 1 year, and none of them developed complications or alterations related to the trauma. However, 1 patient is still experiencing loss of vision and he is under constant specialized follow-up.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-2275",
doi="10.1097/SCS.0000000000005846",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000005846"
}