Overview

Maxillofacial Trauma Case Discussion – presented by Martin Schubert, MD

Accreditation

HealthPartners is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Office of Continuing Medical Education, HealthPartners, designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and/or Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Objectives

Regularly attending this series will allow participants to be able to:

• Read and identify complex maxillofacial trauma on CT scan 
• Describe the approaches to correct reduction and fixation of facial trauma 
• Describe and apply newer techniques of access and fixation of facial trauma 
• Appreciate the role of various specialties in the care of the patient with facial trauma 
• Summarize the treatment algorithm for soft tissue defects of the face 
• Describe management strategies for ocular trauma 
• Review current literature related to the treatment of facial trauma
• Identify areas of complications and their management