TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - About a pediatric facial trauma
JO  - Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery
A1  - Giran, Guillaume
A1  - Bertin, Helios
A1  - Koudougou, Carine
A1  - Sury, Florent
A1  - Croisé, Benjamin
A1  - Laure, Boris
SP  - 154
EP  - 156
VL  - 120
IS  - 2
N2  - Less-lethal weapon are more and more used in law enforcement to neutralize combative individuals and to disperse riot crowds. Even if this type of weapon has been created to be less damaging than classical firearms, it has been incriminated many times in cases of facial injuries with functional consequences, even death. In many countries, these guns can be possessed by average citizens. They could be extremely harmful when handled by inexperienced users and cannot be considered solely as defense weapons. Interestingly, little literature is available concerning facial injuries caused by the less-lethal weapons. We report the case of a ballistic wound on a 3 years old child.<br><br>Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2468-8509
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jormas.2018.11.001
ID  - ref1
ER  -