RESUMEN
The human face contains the sense organs and is responsible for essential functions: swallowing, chewing, speech, breathing and communication. It is also and most importantly the seat of a person's identity. Multiple trauma adds a life-threatening dimension to the physical and psychological impact of a facial trauma.
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Traumatismos Faciales/enfermería , Traumatismo Múltiple/enfermería , Lesiones Encefálicas/clasificación , Lesiones Encefálicas/enfermería , Lesiones Encefálicas/psicología , Conducta Cooperativa , Lesiones Oculares/clasificación , Lesiones Oculares/enfermería , Lesiones Oculares/parasitología , Huesos Faciales/lesiones , Traumatismos Faciales/clasificación , Traumatismos Faciales/psicología , Humanos , Comunicación Interdisciplinaria , Traumatismo Múltiple/clasificación , Traumatismo Múltiple/psicología , Grupo de Atención al Paciente , Calidad de Vida/psicología , Fracturas Craneales/clasificación , Fracturas Craneales/enfermería , Fracturas Craneales/psicologíaRESUMEN
UNLABELLED: Less-lethal rubber-bullet weapons are designed to induce blunt injuries that incapacitate violent individuals. AIM AND SCOPE: We intend to study the functional and aesthetic impairments and the cost in terms of social health resulting from rubber-bullet facial trauma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively collected all the facial trauma cases caused by mass-appeal, less-lethal guns followed up in two French university hospitals since the year 2000. We did not consider the facial injuries caused by professional, less-lethal, rubber or plastic bullet guns. CONCLUSION: We showed that mass-appeal, less-lethal rubber-bullet guns induce severe traumas with irreversible functional consequences and long-term social implications. Victims of facial rubber-bullet traumas should be managed like high-energy trauma patients and benefit from extremely careful primary wound care.
