| Literature DB >> 24969842 |
Marcelo Augusto Cini1, Bárbara Grassi Prado2, Patricia de Fragas Hinnig3, Walter Yoshinori Fukushima4, Fernando Adami5.
Abstract
The mandatory use of helmets by motorcyclists has lowered the incidence of facial trauma, but we know little about the effects of different models of helmet on such injuries. We aimed to find out how different types of helmet affect facial injuries. We collected retrospective data from the medical records of 157 patients treated in a trauma centre in metropolitan São Paulo between January and December 2011. Patients wearing open-face helmets were twice as likely to require an operation as those wearing full-face helmets. The type of helmet is strongly associated with the treatment required.Entities:
Keywords: Motorcycle; facial trauma; head protection devices; traffic accidents
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24969842 DOI： 10.1016/j.bjoms.2014.05.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg ISSN： 0266-4356 Impact factor: 1.651