BACKGROUND Facial laceration is the most common injury encountered in the emergency room in the plastic surgery field, and optimal treatment is important. However, few authors have investigated this injury in all age groups or performed follow-up visit after repair. In the present study, the medical records of patients with lacerations in the facial area and underwent primary repair in an emerg...

Aim of Study: To evaluate and classify maxillofacial firearm injuries and to develop a practical protocol to improve patient outcomes. Patients and Results: A total of 179 patients representing about 4.29% of all maxillofacial trauma in the period between 2006 to 2013, with marked increase in the incidence after the Egyptian revolution 25/1/2011, were treated from firearm injuries in Assiut Uni...

OBJECTIVES First, to assess the incidence and cause of lacerations sustained by urban children from walking outdoors as well as to identify possible means of prevention. Second, to identify the type of health care sought after injury and to measure the extent of glass litter on the streets. SETTING Children (18 years of age or younger) in the Ludlow community of Philadelphia. METHODS A retr...

A five-year-old boy succumbed 24 days following an unusual farm accident in which considerable manure was deposited in multiple lacerations. Death was due to an extensive meningo-encephalomyelitis caused by a nematode that is ordinarily saprophagous.

Priestley S, Kelly AM, Chow L, et al. Application of topical local anesthetic at triage reduces treatment time for children with lacerations: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med 2003;42:34–40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Nasal bone fractures are the most common type of facial fracture. Closed reduction has been used as the standard treatment modality for nasal fractures for many years. In cases of nasal fracture with lacerations at the fracture sites, bioabsorbable/metallic plate or interfragment wire fixation can be used with accurate alignment through the openings created by the lacerations. However, in cases...