TY - JOUR
T1 - Chin trauma
T2 - A clue to associated mandibular and cervical spine injury
AU - Bertolami, Charles N.
AU - Kaban, Leonard B.
PY - 1982/2
Y1 - 1982/2
N2 - Chin trauma, mandibular fracture, and cervical spine injury are often progressive components of a single injury pattern. Knowledge of a commonly occurring sequence of damage in patients who have sustained minor head trauma helps to minimize diagnostic omissions and provides a rational basis for deciding how extensive the patient's evaluation should be. Chin laceration associated with underlying skeletal damage has been described previously, but its diagnostic significance seldom has been appreciated. This report describes representative patients with fractures of the cervical spine and of the mandible secondary to chin trauma and suggests a protocol for efficient diagnosis.
AB - Chin trauma, mandibular fracture, and cervical spine injury are often progressive components of a single injury pattern. Knowledge of a commonly occurring sequence of damage in patients who have sustained minor head trauma helps to minimize diagnostic omissions and provides a rational basis for deciding how extensive the patient's evaluation should be. Chin laceration associated with underlying skeletal damage has been described previously, but its diagnostic significance seldom has been appreciated. This report describes representative patients with fractures of the cervical spine and of the mandible secondary to chin trauma and suggests a protocol for efficient diagnosis.
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U2 - 10.1016/0030-4220(82)90274-2
DO - 10.1016/0030-4220(82)90274-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 6949114
AN - SCOPUS:0020472492
SN - 0030-4220
VL - 53
SP - 122
EP - 126
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
IS - 2
ER -