penile amputation is an uncommon urological emergency. although rare, traumatic amputation of penis is a challenging injury to treat. however, modern microsurgical reconstruction techniques have improved success rate of penile replantation and become the procedure of choice for managing these patients. herein, we report on a case of penile amputation following an industrial accident.

conclusion the chances of sustaining serious spine and associated multiple injuries in car accidents are quite high in iran. this may be due to the low level of standards or car manufacturing, absence, or inadequacy of appropriate safety measures in cars, poorly designed roads, and problems in the quality of driving to mention just a few reasons. therefore, these victims are prone to significan...

Background: Motorcyclists are among the most vulnerable groups of road accident victims, who are prone to a growingmortality rate due to the constant rise in the number of accidents. This study was performed to investigate the injurypatterns among motorcyclist trauma patients admitted to Kamyab Hospital, the largest trauma center affiliated withMashhad Univercity of Medical Sc...

Young drivers (18-24) both in Greece and elsewhere appear to have high rates of road traffic accidents. Many factors contribute to the creation of these high road traffic accidents rates. It has been suggested that lifestyle is an important one. The main objective of this study is to find out and clarify the (potential) relationship between young drivers' lifestyle and the road traffic accident...

Our first objective is to provide a panorama of Human Reliability data used in EDF’s Safety Probabilistic Studies, and then, since these concepts are at the heart of Human Reliability and its methods, to go over the notion of human error and the understanding of accidents. We are not sure today that it is actually possible to provide in this field a foolproof and productive theoretical framewor...

introduction: sleepiness may predispose drivers to road traffic accidents. obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is the most common medical cause of sleepiness. hence increased neck circumference (nc) and obesity are known as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome risk factors. this study was conducted to assess osas role in occurrence of road traffic accidents in sleeping drivers of commercial heavy vehi...

A method has been developed to estimate the relative accident risk posed by different patterns of driving over a multiday period. The procedure explicitly considers whether a driver is on duty or off duty for each half hour of each day during the period of analysis. From a data set of over 1,000 drivers, nine distinct driving patterns are identified. Membership in the patterns is determined exc...

OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution and scope of nurse practitioner schemes in accident and emergency departments in England and Wales; to describe the caseloads of doctors and nurse practitioners on two representative days; and to estimate the number of patients managed by nurse practitioners in the year to 31 March 1991. DESIGN A postal survey of accident and emergency departments and a...

OBJECTIVE To study and quantify the effect of factors related to the riders of powered two-wheelers on the risk of injury accident involvement. METHODOLOGY Based on national data held by the police from 1996 to 2005, we conducted a case-control study with responsibility for the accident as the event of interest. We estimated the odds ratios for accident responsibility. Making the hypothesis t...