Facial Fractures: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

maxillofacial fractures, tripod fractures, tetrapod fractures, blow-in fractures, blow-out fractures, blow out fractures, broken jaw, broken cheek, broken nose, Le Fort fracture, LeFort fracture, face fracture, nasal fracture, nasal bone fracture, orbital fracture, orbital floor fracture, orbital wall fracture

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Timothy J Rupp, MD, FACEP, Associate Medical Director, Physicians Emergency Care Associates, Methodist Health System, Dallas, Texas; Staff Physician, Innovative Emergency Medicine, Frisco, Texas; Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
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