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Rare etiological factor of maxillofacial injury: Case series seen and managed in a tertiary referral centre
Author(s) -
Ramat Oyebunmi Braimah,
Adebayo Aremu Ibikunle,
Abdurrazaq Olanrewaju Taiwo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.179453
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , forensic engineering , engineering , pathology
Entanglement injury from local milling/grinding machine with a conveyor belt is a rare etiology of maxillofacial injuries. While there is abundant literature on industrial cause of trauma, entanglement injury as a mechanism has not been reported in the literature. We present two cases of maxillofacial injury secondary to entanglement of the loose apparel into the conveyor belt of the local grinding machine. The community should be aware of this rare cause of trauma, and adequate protection of children using these facilities should be enforced. One of such measure is to provide physical barriers to guard against these machines.

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