Facial Bone Fractures in Road Traffic Accident: A Post Mortem Study

Kumar, Vijay A G; Javvadi, Suresh

doi:10.5958/0974-1283.2016.00093.1

Cited by 1 publication

(3 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This observation reconfirms the findings expressed at other studies. 4,5,7 The involvement of young adults, especially males could be due to the adventurous nature/life style and trying out new things, therefore increasing their vulnerability. 1,6 However other studies have shown that injuries are commoner in the aged due to impairment in vision and hearing and diminished reflexes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature review reveals majority of the studies were done in clinical patients with the view of giving a better management with multidisciplinary teams. However, research studies done in forensic context especially with the deceased are scarce 1,2,4,6 . This study attempts to explore the different injuries on the face in victims of road traffic fatalities and to identify any correlation between the injuries and the type of road user.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The available literature regarding facial injuries reveal that road traffic accidents has been one of the major contributors for it and the injuries involve both soft tissues and bones 3,4 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

A retrospective analysis of facial injuries in victims of road traffic fatalities

Paranitharan

Perera

et al. 2018

Sri Lanka J Forensic Med, Sci & Law

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Facial injuries play a significant role when it comes to medico-legal interpretation, category of hurt, cause of death and for compensation purposes. Road traffic accidents had been identified as a major contributor towards facial injuries. The main objectives were to identify the different facial injuries such as abrasions, contusions, lacerations and fractures, injury pattern, the distribution and to correlate the facial injuries with vulnerable road users. A pre-prepared questionnaire was used to extract information from the autopsy reports of road traffic accidents involving 59 victims covering a period from 2005 to 2014. Majority of the victims were males (79.7%) and belonging to the age group of 21-30 (22%) and 41-50 (22%). The vulnerable road users were mostly pedestrians (39%), followed by motorcycle riders (28.8%). Only few (6.8%) of the victims had teeth injuries. Most of the victims had injuries on the right forehead (44%) and right periorbital area (37.3%). The commonest type of facial injuries were abrasions which were 44 (grazed abrasions 30.5% and other types of abrasions 44.1%) followed by lacerations 38 (64.4%). The most common injuries on the right forehead were abrasions (20.3%) and lacerations (16.9%) while on the right peri-orbital area it was contusions (18.6 %). Majority of the victims were pedestrians and motor cycle riders. Most of the injuries were observed on the right forehead and right peri-orbital region and the commonest facial injury type was abrasions. A specific type of injury pattern was not identified to retrospectively suggest the involvement of a pedestrian or others.

show abstract