Citation

Cavalcante JR, Oka SC, de Santana Santos T, Dourado E, de Oliveira e Silva ED, Gomes AC. J. Craniofac. Surg. 2012; 23(4): 982-985.

Affiliation

From the *Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Universidade de Pernambuco, Camaragibe, Pernambuco; †Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB), Campina Grande, Paraíba; and ‡Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824e5b04

PMID

22777446

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research was to study the influence of the use of helmet in facial trauma victims of motorcycle accidents with moderate traumatic brain injury. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the incidence of facial injuries in helmeted and nonhelmeted victims with moderate traumatic brain injury at a referral trauma hospital. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 272 patients predominantly men (94.5%) and between 21 and 40 years old (62.9%). The majority of patients were using helmet (80.1%). The occurrence of facial fractures was most frequent for zygomatic bone (51.8%), followed by mandible (18.8%) and nasal bones (9.2%). CONCLUSIONS: Individuals in the most productive age group are most affected, which causes a great loss to financial and labor systems. It is important to take measures to alert the public regarding the severity of injuries likely to occur in motorcycle-related accidents and ways to prevent them.

Language: en