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Rare etiological factor of maxillofacial injury: Case series seen and managed in a tertiary referral centre

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 maxillofaci...

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Autores principales: Braimah, Ramat Oyebunmi, Ibikunle, Adebayo Aremu, Taiwo, Abdurrazaq Olanrewaju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27162440
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.179453
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Sumario: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.