Airbags and wearing seat belts prevent cut-crush injuries or reduce severity of injury in low-speed traffic accidents

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 215-218

  Gorgu, M ^b   Adanali, G ^a,b   Tuncel, A ^b   Senen, D ^b   Erdogan, B ^b  

^a Dept of Plastic/Reconstr Surgery ^*  (Turkey)

^b Numune Education Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cut crush injury; Maxillofacial fracture; Maxillofacial trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0038043508     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-002-0362-z     Document Type: Article

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