TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Organic facial foreign body in a ski accident: case report and review of the literature JO - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health A1 - Goldman, Ran D. A1 - Kong, Cynthia A1 - Henkelman, Erika SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Winter recreational sports are a popular activity for children and adolescents, but are not without risk of injury. In a population-based study from the USA, winter sports activities were associated with lacerations (69%), abrasions (20%), and fractures (6%). We present a child with an alpine skiing incident that resulted in a penetrating facial injury from a tree branch, with zygomatic arch fracture.

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LA - en SN - 1034-4810 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14966 ID - ref1 ER -