Title
Multidisciplinary management in panfacial trauma: A clinical study
Authors
Pallavi Karadiguddi1, Prachi Dwivedi2,*, Vijay Shekhar3, Sree Ram Reddy4, Khushboo Chhabaria Peswani5, Ravinder Pal Singh Rana6 & Rahul Tiwari7
Affiliation
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, KLE JGMM Medical College, Hubli, Karnataka, India; 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PGMO, District Hospital Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India; 3Department of Dentistry, Nalanda Medical College Hospital, Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India; 4Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Sree Mithra Dental and MaxFace Specialists, Tanuku, Andhra Pradesh, India; 5Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, RKDF Dental College and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; 6Department of Dental Surgery, Command Military Dental Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; 7Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author
Pallavi Karadiguddi - E-mail: drpallavikaradiguddi@gmail.com
Prachi Dwivedi - E-mail: prachipd96@gmail.com
Vijay Shekhar - E-mail: vjsspitzer@yahoo.in
Sree Ram Reddy - E-mail: shreeramshree@gmail.com
Khushboo Chhabaria Peswani - E-mail: drkhushboopeswani@gmail.com
Ravinder Pal Singh Rana - E-mail: nicedentistrana@gmail.com
Rahul Tiwari - E-mail: rtcfsurgeon@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received March 1, 2026; Revised March 31, 2026; Accepted March 31, 2026, Published March 31, 2026
Abstract
Management of panfacial fractures lacks standardized multidisciplinary pathways and variability in coordination, surgical sequencing and airway planning may contribute to delays and postoperative complications. Therefore, it is of interest to assess if a structured multidisciplinary team (MDT) referral system leads to an improvement in process and outcome measures versus usual care where patients are referred sequentially. A comparison of a single-center cohort with two different treatment strategies; primary outcomes were time-to-definitive fixation and major postoperative complications. Secondary outcomes were airway strategy, prolonged hospitalization, reoperation rate and functional occlusal alignment at 3 months. MDT pathway was found to lead to reduction in time to definitive management and less complications advocating the use of structured-multidisciplinary workflow in panfacial trauma services.
Keywords
Panfacial fracture; multidisciplinary team (MDT); airway management; virtual surgical planning (VSP); outcomes
Citation
Karadiguddi et al. Bioinformation 22(3): 1405-1408 (2026)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
