Penetrating facial injury from angle grinder use: management and prevention

Injuries resulting from the use of angle grinders are numerous. The most common sites injured are the head and face. The high speed disc of angle grinders does not respect anatomical boundaries or structures and thus the injuries produced can be disfiguring, permanently disabling or even fatal. Howe...

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Published in:Head & face medicine 2008-01, Vol.4 (1), p.1-1, Article 1
Main Authors: Carter, Lachlan M, Wales, Craig J, Varley, Iain, Telfer, Martin R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Case Report
Case studies
Debridement - methods
Dentistry
Equipment Failure
Eye Injuries, Penetrating - complications
Eye Injuries, Penetrating - therapy
Face
Facial Injuries - complications
Facial Injuries - therapy
Foreign Bodies - complications
Foreign Bodies - surgery
Grinding machines
Health aspects
Humans
Industry - instrumentation
Injuries
Male
Milling machinery
Treatment Outcome
Wounds, Penetrating - complications
Wounds, Penetrating - therapy
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Summary:Injuries resulting from the use of angle grinders are numerous. The most common sites injured are the head and face. The high speed disc of angle grinders does not respect anatomical boundaries or structures and thus the injuries produced can be disfiguring, permanently disabling or even fatal. However, aesthetically pleasing results can be achieved with thorough debridement, resection of wound edges and careful layered functional closure after reduction and fixation of facial bone injuries. A series of penetrating facial wounds associated with angle grinder use are presented and the management and prevention of these injuries discussed.
ISSN:1746-160X
1746-160X
DOI:10.1186/1746-160X-4-1