Jamshoro: A one-day Maxillofacial Trauma seminar was held recently held at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro. The Seminar was organized by Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery LUMHS with the collaboration of Pakistan Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons and Ziauddin college of Dentistry. The Chief Guest for the occasion was the Honorable Vice Chancellor of Liaquat University of Medical and Health sciences Prof. Dr. Bikha Ram Devrajani. The objectives of the seminar were to throw light on numerous maxillofacial trauma cases and explicate its various treatment modalities .The seminar included different lectures on facial trauma and its treatment.
The panel of speakers and experts consisted of 9 national and 2 international speakers. These included Prof.Morveyn Hossein, Prof Syed Mehmood Haider, Prof Noor Ul Wahab, Prof Adnan Aslam, Prof Muhammad Waseem Ibrahim, Prof Zahid Ali, Dr. Muhammad Shahzad, Dr. Suneel Kumar, Dr. Kashif Ali Channar, Dr Shaheen Ahmed and Dr Salman Shafique. Prof Amir El Barbari from Egypt and Dr. Manuel Blanco-Guzman from United Kingdom shared their expertise through video link.
The event was moderated by Prof. Dr. Syed Ghazanfar Hassan, Chairman Oral & Maxillofacial surgery Department LUMHS.
The speakers enlightened Post-graduate students from their knowledge and shared their expertise on facial trauma and their management, including soft tissue trauma of the skin and trauma of the facial bones. The lecturers put spotlight on surgical approaches for maxillary fractures, zygomatic bone fractures, their fixation, optimal management of mandibular angle, body, para-symphysis and symphysis fractures, surgical approaches for mandibular fracture, load bearing and load shearing osteo-synthesis, frontal sinus injuries and its current management, orbital trauma and its management, challenges of pan-facial trauma, management of tele-canthus, pediatric fractures and open treatment of mandibular condylar fractures.
The session concluded by an open question/answer session and case base panel discussion which further enlighten and updated the post-graduate students on the management of maxillofacial trauma fractures.
The Chief Guest appreciated the entire team of focal persons for conducting such activity and awarded shields to speakers who participated in the seminar. The Vice Chancellor eulogized the seminar for its great success in terms of learning objectives and maxillofacial trauma awareness.
-DN Report
Dr Muattar Hanif
The author is Editor at Dental News Pakistan and can be reached at newsdesk@medicalnewsgroup.com.pk
