About a pediatric facial trauma.
Adverse effects
Gunshot
Orbital fractures
Weapons
Wounds
Journal
Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
ISSN: 2468-7855
Titre abrégé: J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg
Pays: France
ID NLM: 101701089
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2019
Apr 2019
Historique:
received:
02
07
2018
revised:
29
09
2018
accepted:
01
11
2018
pubmed:
16
11
2018
medline:
18
12
2019
entrez:
16
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Less-lethal weapon are more and more used in law enforcement to neutralize combative individuals and to disperse riot crowds. Even if this type of weapon has been created to be less damaging than classical firearms, it has been incriminated many times in cases of facial injuries with functional consequences, even death. In many countries, these guns can be possessed by average citizens. They could be extremely harmful when handled by inexperienced users and cannot be considered solely as defense weapons. Interestingly, little literature is available concerning facial injuries caused by the less-lethal weapons. We report the case of a ballistic wound on a 3-year-old child.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30439549
pii: S2468-7855(18)30233-7
doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2018.11.001
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
154-156Informations de copyright
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