Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of facial trauma injuries in a group of Chilean children aged 15 years or less. Study Design: Retrospective study of case series. Between 2006 and 2009, clinical records of 293,090 ...

The facial fractures in pediatric patients are rare, and they can need an immediate treatment to recover the function and aesthetic to the young patients. However, the open reduction internal fixation is controversial in ...

The mandibular fractures in pediatric patients are rare, and they can need a fast and safe treatment. We present a case of a pediatric patient with Andy Gump fracture, resulting in a retrognathic mandible, distress to ...

PURPOSE: To evaluate the pediatric prehospital care in São Paulo, the databases from basic life support units (BLSU) and ALSU, and to propose a simple and effective method for evaluating trauma severity in children at the ...

El artículo describe el caso de una paciente de 15 meses de edad herida por arma de fragmentación, que presentaba múltiples lesiones en la cara, el tórax y las extremidades. En cirugía, se encontró una lesión de su aurícula ...