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A Forensic and Medical Evaluation of Dog Bites in a Province of W estern T urkey
Author(s) -
Karbeyaz Kenan,
Ayranci Unal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/1556-4029.12343
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , incidence (geometry) , abdomen , surgery , poison control , emergency medicine , physics , optics
The aim was to evaluate the demographic data of dog‐bite cases organized from criminal and forensic reports. This study evaluated 328 cases admitted to the D irector of F orensic M edicine, E skisehir, as a result of dog bites between J anuary 1, 2006 and D ecember 31, 2010. It was found that those in the age‐group of 0–18 were most frequently exposed to dog bites (48.5%). Injuries to the lower extremity, upper extremity, and chest/abdomen/back were more frequent in men (72.6%, 76.4%, and 66.1%, respectively), while injuries to the head/neck/face were more frequent in women (52.3%) ( p < 0.01). While most of those wounded in the upper extremity, the head/neck/face, and the chest/abdomen/back were in the child age‐group, most of those wounded in the lower extremity were in the adult age‐group ( p < 0.001). Teaching children, in particular, how to behave around dogs would be useful in reducing the incidence of bite.