Management of missile injuries to the maxillofacial region: A case series

Figure 1 A 20-year old man with a gunshot wound to the lower face, with disruption of soft tissue and the mandible bone in body with bone defect. A: Before operation; B: Computed tomography scan before operation; C: Reconstruction with reconstructive plate; D: Three months post operation.

Figure 2 A 30-year old man with a gunshot wound to the upper face, with disruption of the forehead and frontal and ethmoid sinus and left eye to the base of the skull. A: Before operation; B: The patient was treated with abdominal fat to obliterate the frontal sinus elsewhere before referral. Computed tomography scan before reconstruction; C: Intra operative view; D: Reconstruction with forehead flap and iliac bone graft (one month post operation).

Figure 3 A 23-year old man with a gunshot wound defect of the eyebrow. A: Before operation; B: Early post operation; C: One year post operation.