TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Injury risk related to the helmet strap: Mandible and hyoid bone fractures with a hyoepiglottic ligament lesion
JO  - Injury extra
A1  - Badiali, Giovanni
A1  - Pasquini, Ernesto
A1  - Piccin, Ottavio
A1  - Marchetti, Claudio
SP  - 89
EP  - 91
VL  - 41
IS  - 9
N2  - Hyoid bone fractures are rare (0.002% of all fractures) and most result from strangulation or hanging. Other causes are direct trauma, mostly traffic accidents,  and sports injuries, and gunshots, and induced vomiting. The diagnosis is often difficult, especially when associated with other soft tissue injuries or fractures, which may seem more worthy of treatment.  Only one hyoid bone fracture caused by a helmet strap in a traffic accident has been reported (L.C. Kuo, H.L. Lin, C.W. Chen and W.C. Lee, Traumatic hyoid bone fracture in patient wearing a helmet: a case report, Am J Emerg Med 26 (2) (2008) 251.e1-2.). We present another case.<p /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 1572-3461
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/16/j.injury.2010.05.011
ID  - ref1
ER  -