Concomitant body-wide trauma patterns in patients with head and neck injuries: a comparison based on the trauma register DGU® by the German trauma society and the dortmund maxillofacial trauma registry

Patients with HNI tend to have slightly different injury pattern in the whole body than non-HNI patients. Head and neck injuries in different locations show different patterns of concomitant injuries. Panfacial fractures, forehead and lateral and central midfacial injuries combine with spine injuries, central midface, mandibular and dentoalveolar injuries were not observed with hip fracture. Injuries to the thorax were not diagnosed in case of dentoalveolar injuries.