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Reconstructive Management of Facial Gunshot Wounds

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Plastic and Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology

Part of the book series: Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds ((RCTRRW,volume 4))

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This chapter aims to review patients with maxillofacial GSW and provide insight to reconstructive management, based on the senior author’s (RG) experience at a level I trauma center, Denver Health, over a period of 10 years. Optimal functional and cosmetic outcome are obtained with early repair and reconstruction of soft tissue and bone defects.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Raffi Gurunluoglu & Antonio Rampazzo

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  1. Tustin, CA, USA

    Melvin A. Shiffman

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    Mervin Low

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Gurunluoglu, R., Rampazzo, A. (2018). Reconstructive Management of Facial Gunshot Wounds. In: Shiffman, M., Low, M. (eds) Plastic and Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology. Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/15695_2018_139

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