Charles Tomes Lecture, 1979. Experience gained from treating facial injuries due to civil unrest.
During the past 10 years of civil unrest in Northern Ireland a wide variety of facial injuries have been treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. The causes and nature of these injuries are described and the experience gained in their management is reviewed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002960:Civil Disorders; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D009660:Northern Ireland; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery