title: Major facial trauma after helicopter landing.
abstract: Injuries in civil aviation can occur as a consequence of work-related accidents happening in airport. The ground crew can sustain slips, trips, falls, and machinery accidents. Most such accidents are observed when aircraft is departing. This clinical report describes a case of an airport ground assistant severely injured by a helicopter after the strike with a main rotor blade that was slowing after that the craft was landed and the engine was stopped, and reports surgical emergency treatment of life-threatening facial lesions.
authors.affiliation: Sant'Andrea Hospital II, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becelli
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morello
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renzi
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matarazzo
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dominici
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D000401:Aircraft; D004431:Ear, External / Q000293:injuries; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D020206:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000209:etiology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000209:etiology