title: Gunshot injuries to the parotid gland: Patterns of injury and primary management.
abstract: We have treated 16 patients with gunshot injuries to the cheek, 10 of whom had damage to the parotid. There were nine men and one woman, mean age 40 (range 15-65). All injuries were high velocity, and eight had other injuries. We followed them up for a month; three patients required further operation, three had facial palsy, and one lost his hearing on that side.
authors: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Mosul University, Nineveh, Iraq. omerw_majid@yahoo.co.uk
authors: Omer W
authors: OW
authors: Majid