stab mouth

[Sa'ad Lahri]

Hi

saw a 25 y old chap last night, stabbed in the mouth. had a large
dento-alveolar fracture, found him lying on floor in a pool of blood

my question is regarding haemostasis. i really struggled. tried adrenaline
soaked swabs, injected local with adrenaline, even did a few chromic
catgut sutures (all i had)

eventually had to get max fax involved. did not have chance yet to chat to
them but any advice would be great. what would you have done differently.
anybody with prior experience in handling these fractures?

Sa'ad


Dr Sa'ad Lahri
Emergency Medicine Registrar
UCT/US
Cape Town
South Africa
Tel: +27826642421


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