Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

Pattern of facial bone fractures in road traffic accidents riding on two wheelers in a tertiary Hospital in Bangalore, India.

Dr Kumaraswamy Mohan Kumar

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The injury to the face is second most common in cases with road traffic accidents in patients on two wheelers. This adds to physical, social, emotional, economical burden and also psychological problems to the patient. It is a retrospective case record study of patients who had come to casualty with Road traffic accidents and were riding a two wheeler. 89 patients were selected with facial bone fractures and analyzed. Out of 89 patients 19% patients had single bone fracture and 67% had multiple bone fractures. Most common fractures were maxilla and nasoethmoid fractures. Conclusion– weå full helmets can decrease the severity of these injuries. Awareness about weå full helmets should increase.

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Article: Download PDF    DOI : 10.36106/ijsr/3526783  

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PATTERN OF FACIAL BONE FRACTURES IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RIDING ON TWO WHEELERS IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN BANGALORE, INDIA., Dr Kumaraswamy Mohan Kumar INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020


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