RT Book, Section A1 Reynolds, Stacy A1 York, JoAnna A1 Colucciello, Stephen A. A2 Schafermeyer, Robert A2 Tenenbein, Milton A2 Macias, Charles G. A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 Yamamoto, Loren G. SR Print(0) ID 1105681399 T1 Maxillofacial Trauma T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-182926-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105681399 RD 2024/03/29 AB Maxillofacial trauma in children more often results in soft-tissue injury than facial fractures.Up to 55% of seriously injured children with facial trauma also have intracranial injury.The most urgent complication of facial trauma is airway compromise.Computed tomography (CT) scan is the definitive diagnostic test for precise delineation of maxillofacial fractures.The mandible is most frequently involved in posttraumatic developmental deformities.Timely referral of nasal fractures is important, as these injuries may have a profound effect on subsequent nasal and maxillofacial development.