[A therapeutic approach: the "Maxillo Family"]

For patients with severe facial injuries, global management from trauma to "cure", is the leitmotif in the department of maxillofacial surgery of Besançon. The progressive development of therapy groups led to the creation of the "Maxillo Family" which is more or less modelled after well known "Gueules Cassées" French Association. We also created the "Journal of Maxillo" in which every injured patient can write his own story. This seems to be a very good therapeutic approach not only from the patients' point of view but also for practitioners and nurses. The testimony of a young woman victim of a dramatic accident with severe facial injury illustrates the interesting aspects of this therapeutic approach.