@article{ref1,
title="Influence of helmet use in facial trauma and moderate traumatic brain injury victims of motorcycle accidents",
journal="Journal of cranialfacial surgery",
year="2012",
author="Cavalcante, Josuel Raimundo and Oka, Salomão Cury-Rad and de Santana Santos, Thiago and Dourado, Edwaldo and de Oliveira e Silva, Emanuel Dias and Gomes, Ana Claudia Amorim",
volume="23",
number="4",
pages="982-985",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-2275",
doi="10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824e5b04",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824e5b04"
}