Beyond Le Fort: Identification and Management of Facial Fractures

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

5:15pm – 5:35pm ET

Location: Versailles - 2nd Level

CE: 0.25 CME Credit

Speaker(s)

Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd (she/her/hers)

Attending Emergency Physician
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd: No financial relationships to disclose

The Le Fort classification was developed before the evolution of high speed vehicles. In the modern environment, it is much more important to identify which bones are broken, to know the associated soft tissue injuries, to know how to manage the facial trauma patient in the ED and to be able to accurately communicate any clinical concerns to a surgeon.

Learning Objectives:

...identify facial fracture patterns commonly seen in facial trauma patients.
...know which soft tissue injuries (orbital, naso-frontal duct, inferior rectus muscle, etc.) are commonly associated with certain facial fracture patterns.
...know which clinical tests, imaging studies and initial interventions are needed for facial trauma patients.