title: Influence of helmet use in facial trauma and moderate traumatic brain injury victims of motorcycle accidents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this research was to study the influence of the use of helmet in facial trauma victims of motorcycle accidents with moderate traumatic brain injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed the incidence of facial injuries in helmeted and nonhelmeted victims with moderate traumatic brain injury at a referral trauma hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample consisted of 272 patients predominantly men (94.5%) and between 21 and 40 years old (62.9%). The majority of patients were using helmet (80.1%). The occurrence of facial fractures was most frequent for zygomatic bone (51.8%), followed by mandible (18.8%) and nasal bones (9.2%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individuals in the most productive age group are most affected, which causes a great loss to financial and labor systems. It is important to take measures to alert the public regarding the severity of injuries likely to occur in motorcycle-related accidents and ways to prevent them.
authors: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Universidade de Pernambuco, Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors: Josuel Raimundo
authors: JR
authors: Cavalcante
authors: Salomão Cury-Rad
authors: SC
authors: Oka
authors: Thiago
authors: T
authors: de Santana Santos
authors: Edwaldo
authors: E
authors: Dourado
authors: Emanuel Dias
authors: ED
authors: de Oliveira E Silva
authors: Ana Claudia Amorim
authors: AC
authors: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006260:Head Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors