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Missile injuries of face and neck : our experience

Author(s) -

Anil Kakkar,

L. K. Kochhar

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2231-3796

pISSN - 0973-7707

DOI - 10.1007/bf02991472

Subject(s) - medicine , artillery , missile , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , neck injury , face (sociological concept) , aeronautics , medical emergency , poison control , surgery , engineering , aerospace engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , social science , sociology

Despite the high human and economic casts involved, conventional warfare is still a harsh reality. This study presents 100 cases of missile injuries of face and neck among service personnel involved in high intensify conflict of recent times. These injuries were caused by fragments of improvised explosive devices/artillery shells (68%), Gunshot wounds (24%) or Mine blast injury (8%). The region wise distribution was face (78%) and neck (22%). These injuries were classified as penetrating (25%) perforating (38%) and avulsive (37%).

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