Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale
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The aim of treatment in the trauma patient is the surgical repair of all traumatic lesions in as short a time as possible, using standard techniques and at the same time if possible. Such surgical intervention may rarely be essential for survival (internal haemorrhage, extradural haematoma), but is almost always an essential factor in the functional and aesthetic result obtained. Thus everything should be combined to fulfill this objective. Picking up of the injured, resuscitation at the site of the accidentation and the quality and appropriate orientation of transport are of obvious importance from this standpoint and it is easy to understand that first efforts must lie here.