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ArticleCraniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction2022

Facial Fractures Have Similar Outcomes When Managed by Either Otolaryngology or Plastic Surgery: Encounters From a Single Level I Trauma Center.

Ashton Christian, Beatrice J Sun, Nima Khoshab, Areg Grigorian, Christina Y Cantwell, Sean A Melucci, Allison C Hu, Catherine M Kuza, Michael E Lekawa, Jeffry Nahmias

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Article in Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ashton ChristianDivision of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1473-0667
Beatrice J SunDepartment of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Nima KhoshabDivision of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
Areg GrigorianDivision of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Christina Y CantwellDivision of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
Sean A MelucciDivision of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
Allison C HuDivision of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
Catherine M KuzaDepartment of Anesthesia, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Michael E LekawaDivision of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
Jeffry NahmiasDivision of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
University of California, Irvine · USUniversity of Southern California · USStanford University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Study Design: Retrospective cohort. Objective: Traumatic facial fractures (FFs) often require specialty consultation with Plastic Surgery (PS) or Otolaryngology (ENT); however, referral patterns are often non-standardized and institution specific. Therefore, we sought to compare management patterns and outcomes between PS and ENT, hypothesizing no difference in operative rates, complications, or mortality. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with FFs at a single Level I trauma center from 2014 to 2017. Patients were compared by consulting service: PS vs. ENT. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney-U tests were performed. Results: Of the 755 patients with FFs, 378 were consulted by PS and 377 by ENT. There was no difference in demographic data ( Conclusion: Our study demonstrated similar baseline characteristics, operative rates, complications, and mortality between FFs patients who had consultation by ENT and PS. This supports the practice of allowing both ENT and PS to care for trauma FFs patients, as there appears to be similar standardized care and outcomes. Future studies are needed to evaluate the generalizability of our findings.

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antibioticsfacial fracturefacial traumaotolaryngologyplastic surgery

Identifiers

PMID35633765
PMCPMC9133515
OpenAlexW3171615449

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