A review of upper limb injuries in bear maul victims: Consistent pattern and inverse relation in severity with facial and scalp injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Bear maul injuries are the most common wild animal inflicted injuries in India. More than 300 bear maul injuries report to our hospital per year.

Methods

Twenty-one consecutive patients over a period of 1 year reported to our department for orthopaedic management of bear maul injuries. All the patients were referred either from peripheral hospitals or from other surgical departments of our hospital.

Results

All the patients had facial/scalp injuries of variable severity. In all the patients the severity of limb and facial trauma was inversely proportional to each other. Pattern of upper limb trauma in most of the patients was similar. Fifteen patients had either fractures of distal humerus or mid shaft/proximal forearm bone fracture. Two had distal forearm bon

SUBMITTER: Bhat TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857895 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature