Soft Tissue Injuries Following Road Traffic Accidents and Its Management – An Institutional Experience

Soft tissue trauma following road traffic accidents in India are becoming very common. Face is considered the identity of a human being and so dealing with soft tissue injury can be very challenging for a reconstructive surgeon. The goals of management of facial trauma are the preservation of form and function. Complex trauma with injury to more than one structures of face is important to deal with in an emergency set up. Along with aesthetic component of the face, functions such as mastication , normal vision and facial expressions are also to be considered. This paper highlights few soft tissue injuries of the face following road traffic accidents in tertiary centre in West Bengal and tries to emphasize the important steps required to manage these cases for best outcomes