Angle grinder injuries: a cause of serious head and neck trauma

Citation
S. Wongprasartsuk et al., Angle grinder injuries: a cause of serious head and neck trauma, MED J AUST, 172(6), 2000, pp. 275-277
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
ISSN journal
0025729X → ACNP
Volume
172
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
275 - 277
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(20000320)172:6<275:AGIACO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Over the past 12 months, the Victorian Trauma Centre at the Alfred Hospital , Melbourne, has dealt with serious head and neck injuries associated with angle grinder use. Three cases are presented, documenting the circumstances and severity of these injuries and subsequent management. Angle grinder in juries are a source of serious morbidity and mortality, much of which is Pr eventable.