title: [Mandibular fractures caused by a machete. Apropos of 3 cases].
abstract: The authors report on 3 cases of facial trauma with mandibular fracture caused by machete, and associated to more or less deep lesions of cutaneo-muscular coating planes and noble intra-facial organs. Treatment of such traumas must be performed in an emergency surgical unit, after a thorough check-up of the lesions. It is a traumatology peculiar to Peulh population, to be classified in the etiologic chapter of assaults.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012675:Senegal; D014754:Violence; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Les fractures mandibulaires par coupe-coupe. A propos de 3 observations.