title: Trigeminal nerve injury following accidental airbag deployment and assessment with quantitative sensory testing.
abstract: High velocity motor vehicle accidents are associated with an increase in mortality rates and a significant number of facial injuries. Accidental deployment of airbags and the associated release of hot gases can result in both thermal and mechanical injuries. The more commonly reported maxillofacial injuries include temporomandibular joint fractures and dislocations, dental trauma, facial nerve paralysis, and other orofacial pain complaints. The following case report describes a patient with facial trauma from the accidental deployment of an airbag resulting in complaints consistent with a neurological injury for which quantitative sensory testing was used in confirming the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Mythili
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalladka
authors.forename: Archana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viswanath
authors.forename: Julyana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eliav
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pertes
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017278:Air Bags / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020209:Cranial Nerve Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D061221:Trigeminal Nerve Injuries