Introduction: Dental trauma is a very significant problem in primary dentition. It has a physical, esthetic and psychological impact on the child and his/her parents. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of traumatic inju‌ries to the anterior primary teeth and deter‌mining factors in 2-5-year-old children in Rasht, 2012. Materials and Methods: This research was a cross-sectio...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) has been observed in some patients after a minor trauma to the cervical spine. The discrepancy between the severity of the trauma and the clinical symptoms has been attributed to spinal canal stenosis. However, to date, there is no universally established radiological parameter for identifying critical spinal stenosis in these patients....

Abstract Background Pediatric neck masses are a common complaint in children. The most etiologies include congenital lesions, lymphadenopathy, vascular malformations, inflammatory, and malignant lesions. Spontaneous sternocleidomastoid hematoma is exceptional infant. Case presentation We describe case of spontaneous cervical diagnosed 4-month-old child. Past history did not reveal trauma, diffi...

The purpose of this study was to determine if cervical spine immobilisation was related to patient mortality in penetrating cervical trauma. One hundred and ninety-nine patient charts from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (Charity Hospital, New Orleans) were examined. Charts were identified by searching the Charity Hospital Trauma Registry from 01/01/1994 to 04/...

HYPOTHESIS Trauma patients with normal motor examination results and normal cervical spine helical computed tomographic (CT) scans with sagittal reconstructions do not have significant cervical spine injury. DESIGN Prospectively collected registry data. SETTING Level II community-based trauma center. PATIENTS All patients admitted to the trauma service from January 1, 1999, to December 31...

head trauma is the most common form of accidental injury among children, which is a source of concern for parents and pediatricians. after head trauma, children may be loss of intellectual function. most head trauma in children is minor and not related with brain injury or long-term outcome. however, a small number of children may have a clinically important traumatic brain injury. the incidenc...

BACKGROUND One of the basic principles in the primary survey of a trauma patient is immobilisation of the cervical spine till cleared of any injury. Lateral cervical spine radiograph is one of the important initial radiographic assessments. More than often additional radiographs like the Swimmer's view are necessary for adequate visualisation of the cervical spine. How good is the Swimmer's vie...

introduction: this study was conducted to determine the pattern of maxillofacial fractures in three age groups of adults, adolescents, and children, using ct scan images. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ct scan images of 230 patients with maxillofacial trauma during one year were examined in terms of the number and site of fractures. the patients were divided into three age groups, chil...