Citation

Giran G, Bertin H, Koudougou C, Sury F, Croisé B, Laure B. J. Stomatol. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2019; 120(2): 154-156.

Affiliation

Department of maxillofacial and plastic surgery, Tours University Hospital, Tours, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jormas.2018.11.001

PMID

30439549

Abstract

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.

Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.

Language: en

Keywords

Orbital Fractures; adverse effects; gunshot; weapons; wounds