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Penetrating head injury with bilateral eye avulsion due to H imalayan bear bite
Author(s) -
Roka Yam B,
Roka Narayani,
Shrestha Manzil,
Puri Puspa R,
Adhikari Hari B
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.12007
Subject(s) - medicine , threatened species , avulsion , deforestation (computer science) , scalp , avulsion injury , surgery , ecology , biology , habitat , computer science , programming language
The H imalayan black bear ( U rsus thibetanus or S elenarctos thibetanus ), although an omnivore, is more carnivorous than its A merican counterpart. It is also more aggressive towards humans and is a threatened species because of the deforestation in the H imalayas. Furthermore, poverty, encroachment of the forest, extensive deforestation, lack of education and living near the forest are factors that increase the probability of such animal injuries. We report the case of a 35‐year‐old woman who suffered a severe penetrating head injury with scalp and bilateral eye avulsion, which was managed successfully.