Traumatic brain injury in patients with facial fracture – A challenge for the clinician?
Facial fracture patients are at significant risk of the diagnosis of associated TBI being missed at primary evaluation. Especially elderly patients with other than high-energy trauma mechanism, such as falling on ground level, are at risk of missed TBI diagnosis. Thus, patients with facial fracture should be carefully evaluated to exclude potential TBI. Assessment should occur in trauma centres where multiprofessional evaluation of these patients is routine.
Authors
- Johanna Snäll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8514-5764)
- Anna Piippo-Karjalainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6219-5106)
- Tero Puolakkainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1671-9146)
- Auli Suominen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2642-9003)
- Linda-Lotta Kokko
- Hanna Thorén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-832X)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Turku (FI)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Stomatology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jormas.2025.102302
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39