Fractura mandibular por herida de arma de Fuego: Presentación de un caso
Mandibular fracture wounded by a projectile of a firearm
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Herida por arma de fuego, fractura mandibular, fijación maxilo-mandibular, defecto facial, herida facial, traumatismo facial. (es)Wound by gunshot, mandible fracture, maxillomanbibular fixation, facial defect, facial wound, facial traumatism. (en)
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Se presenta un caso de un paciente masculino de 20 años yemenita de la ciudad de Ibb que fue atendido por el equipo interdisciplinario de profesores cubanos del Hospital Al Waheda perteneciente a la Universidad de Thamar, quien recibió una herida maxilofacial por proyectil de arma de fuego que le ocasionó gran destrucción de los tejidos de la región mandibular. Se le realizó reducción y fijación de la fractura con excelente resultado estético y funcional. Se expone en el trabajo cómo se le salvó la vida a este paciente y se reconstruyó el defecto maxilofacial gracias a la ardua labor de los profesores cubanos, que devolvieron al paciente a la sociedad con vida, con una excelente rehabilitación estética y funcional, demostrando una vez más la humana labor de la medicina cubana en países hermanos.
A case of a male Yemenite 20 year-old-patient from Ibb city that was attended by a team of interdisciplinary Cuban professors at the Hospital of Al Waheda belonging to Thamar University, who received a maxillofacial wounded by a projectile of a firearm, which caused him great destruction of the tissues of the jawbone region is presented. A reduction and fixing of the fracture was performed with excellent esthetical and functional results. In this work, it is set out how the life of this patient was saved and the maxillofacial wound was reconstructed, thanks to the arduous work of the Cuban professors that gave the patient back to the society alive, with an excellent esthetical and functional rehabilitation, demonstrating one more time the humanitarian work of the Cuban medicine in other countries.
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