In a 1 year period (1993) 332 facial fractures were treated in Cork Regional Hospital. Of these 110 (33%) were sports related. Males accounted for 94.5% of patients and 77% of patients were aged below 30 years. Nasal fractures were the most common fractures seen (56%). Almost half (49%) of sports related facial fractures occurred while playing Gaelic games. The incidence of hurling fractures ha...

Vertebral fractures at the thoracolumbar area are the second most common fracture after the fractures around the hip [1]. Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF) are often related to a minor trauma like a fall, or even may happen spontaneously, not related to any minor trauma and affect 117 per 100000 persons [2]. Standard therapy of these fractures consists of rest, analgesia and mobilization a...

Sports-related maxillofacial fractures were analysed in 80 patients, accounting for 5.6% of all patients with facial bone fractures, treated during the 5-year period 1981-1985. 55% of the patients had 1 or more mandibular fractures and 45% had midface fractures. 6% of the patients had multiple injuries. The most common causes of injury were collision and fall. Soccer and ice hockey turned out t...