TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Our experience managing difficult accidental chainsaw trauma
JO  - Journal of cranialfacial surgery
A1  - Cascino, Flavia
A1  - Pini, Niccolò
A1  - Giovannoni, Maria Elisa
A1  - Aboh, Ikenna Valentine
A1  - Gabriele, Guido
A1  - Niccolai, Gianluca
A1  - Zerini, Federico
A1  - Amadi, Jude Ugochukwu
A1  - Gennaro, Paolo
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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 "Policlinico Le Scotte," 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-2275
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000005846
ID  - ref1
ER  -