Health Condition 1: V224- Motorcycle driver injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in traffic accident
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Nasal injury with bleed and deformity 2. Documented evidence of fracture of the nasal bone and septum. with or without head injury 3. Associated Nasal Ethmoidal, Naso orbito ethmoidal and intra cranial fractures. 4. Associated nasal soft Tissue injury.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Severe head injury invariably requiring urgent neuro surgical referral. Those patients referred due to lack of Ct scan facilities due to covid have been excluded and forms a majority of the severe trauma cases. Hence the study has only included those patients who are referred to ENT department and does not include patients referred to OMFS and in whom radiological diagnosis is not made
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patients are counselled for a closed reduction of nasal bone fracture procedure and a corrective surgery if closed reduction fails to improve the deformity.Timepoint: Patients are counselled for a second procedure and a corrective surgery if closed reduction fails to improve the deformity after 1 month, 3 months post operative period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| nasal bone fracture is evaluated after 1 month and patient feedback of nasal deformity , nasal obstruction is documentedTimepoint: one month post procedure | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Government Medical College and Hospital, Cuddalore