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Surgical Care of Submental Gunshot Wounds
Karen H. Calhoun, MD;
Spencer Li, MD;
William D. Clark, DDS, MD;
Charles M. Stiernberg, MD;
Francis B. Quinn, Jr, MD
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988;114(5):513-519.
Abstract
• The care of patients with self-inflicted facial gunshot wounds is complex and challenging. The magnitude and self-inflicted nature of the injuries naturally give rise to questions about potential for successful rehabilitation. The surgical care and rehabilitation of ten such patients are described. The initial grotesque disfiguration belies the reasonable chances for functional restoration. Patients in this series who completed reconstruction swallow well enough to maintain body weight, speak understandably, breathe without tracheostomy, and have an appearance sufficiently normal that they can interact socially without embarrassment. Guidelines are proposed for multidisciplinary medical care leading to satisfactory functional, aesthetic, social, and psychiatric rehabilitation.
(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1988;114:513-519)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (Drs Calhoun, Clark, Stiernberg, and Quinn), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (Dr Li). Dr Clark is now in private practice in Las Cruces, NM.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 11, 1988.
Presented, in part, at the Southern Region Meeting of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Santa Fe, NM, Jan 15, 1987.
Reprints not available.
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