Author/Authors :
Ozaki, Hisashi Department of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial-Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan , Tachibana, Hirohiko Department of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial-Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan , Ishikawa, Shigeo Department of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial-Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan , Yusa, Kazuyuki Department of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial-Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan , Kitabatake, Kenichirou Department of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial-Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan , Iino, Mitsuyoshi Department of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial-Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Faculty of Medicine - Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
Abstract :
A case of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) presenting after surgery for facial trauma associated with multiple facial
bone fractures is described. With regard to the oral and maxillofacial region, DIC has been described in the literature following
head trauma, infection, and metastatic disease. Until now, only 5 reports have described DIC after surgery for facial injury. DIC
secondary to facial injury is thus rare. The patient in this case was young and had no medical history. Preoperative hemorrhage or
postoperative septicemia may thus induce DIC
