Citation

van der Wal KG, Zijlstra JA. Ned. Tijdschr. Geneeskd. 1998; 142(7): 329-331.

Vernacular Title

IJspret en fracturen van het aangezichtskelet.

Affiliation

Afd. Chirurgie, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Erven Bohn)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9562736

Abstract

Skating is a favourite sport in the Netherlands. Injury data on skating were collected from the emergency departments of 6 hospitals in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands during the Eleven Cities ice skating marathon over 200 kilometers in January 1997, with 16,688 participants. Among a total of 55 fractures, the maxillofacial skeleton had a relative high fracture frequency (n = 7; 13%), especially the zygomatic complex (n = 6); one patient had a mandibular fracture. An innocent-looking black eye, unilateral numbness of the upper lip and malocclusion following a skating accident merit full medical attention.

Language: nl