TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Major facial trauma after helicopter landing JO - Journal of cranialfacial surgery A1 - Becelli, Roberto A1 - Morello, Roberto A1 - Renzi, Giancarlo A1 - Matarazzo, Giorgio A1 - Dominici, Chiara SP - 1517 EP - 1519 VL - 22 IS - 4 N2 - Injuries in civil aviation can occur as a consequence of work-related accidents happening in airport. The ground crew can sustain slips, trips, falls, and machinery accidents. Most such accidents are observed when aircraft is departing. This clinical report describes a case of an airport ground assistant severely injured by a helicopter after the strike with a main rotor blade that was slowing after that the craft was landed and the engine was stopped, and reports surgical emergency treatment of life-threatening facial lesions.

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LA - en SN - 1049-2275 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821d4ca0 ID - ref1 ER -