Planned Airway Management, Key to Successful Peri - Operative Outcome: A Case Report of Accidental Ballistic Maxillofacial Trauma Posted in Emergency for Primary Repair

Dr. Maninder Singh Raizada, Dr Latesh Saphiya, Dr Vipan Garg

Abstract: Airway management of patients with maxillofacial trauma is complex and crucial because it can dictate a patient's survival as it involves the airway and breathing is compromise. We present a case report of 32 year old male of a burst ballistic injury with maxillofacial trauma managed in emergency OT.

Keywords: Ballistic injury, maxillofacial trauma, difficult airway, tracheostomy