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Nasal injuries can occur in the context of violence, motor vehicle injuries, sports injuries and falls. There can be blunt trauma, lacerations, avulsions and fractures…

Maxillofacial and cranial trauma are common phenomena in severe motor vehicle accidents or falls from great height. There is a large variety of traumas that…

Whenever there is a defect in the skin or a non-vital section of skin, such as from burns or other damage resulting in scars, it…

A medical study was done from 1978-1982 that looked at 196 patients who suffered blunt trauma to the colon, small bowel or mesentery. They were…

Among children, 60 percent of amputations are congenital in nature and 40 percent are acquired due to an injury. Most of these patients require some…

Microsurgery is one of the latest types of surgery to develop. It involves doing surgery to blood vessels and nerves underneath a microscope. It is…

Fingertip accidents are commonplace amputations at home or on the job. Fingertips can slam in doors, in car doors, while chopping food or when clearing…

Approximately every 115 minutes, someone or something is struck by a train; almost 50 % of all collisions happen at railroad crossings when the automatic…

Traumatic hemipelvectomies are rare traumatic injuries with a forty percent mortality rate. It happens when half of the pelvis from the pubic symphysis to the…

Motor vehicle rollover accidents are accidents in which the motor vehicle ends up on its side or on its back. In other words, there is…

Unfortunately, kids can be involved in motor vehicle accidents. Hopefully, they are properly restrained and have no problems following an accident. However, some accidents are…

Guardrails are found on roads and are designed to keep vehicles from traveling into an area more dangerous than the road. They often deflect the…

Car surfing is the dangerous practice of standing on the hood or top of a car, “surfing” the car as if it were a surfboard….

Head injuries, particularly traumatic brain injuries, are a common complication of motor vehicle accidents; some people recover fully from their traumatic brain injury or have…

An intracerebral hematoma is also called an intracranial hemorrhage, a hypertensive hemorrhage or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease. It can be caused by a stroke or from…

California Drivers Don’t Have Enough Uninsured Motorist Coverage! Can’t get blood from a stone. We’ve all heard this phrase before. It’s especially true for people…