%0 Journal Article
%T Crash Characteristics and Pattern of Motorcycle Related Facial Bone Fractures in a Sub-Urban Nigerian Teaching Hospital
%A Obitade S Obimakinde
%A Olusoji J Olanrewaju
%A Oyebanji A Olajuyin
%A Taopheeq B Rabiu
%J Archive of "Nigerian Journal of Surgery : Official Publication of the Nigerian Surgical Research Society".
%D 2018
%R 10.4103/njs.NJS_39_17
%X Recent studies indicated that significant proportion of facial fractures attributed to road traffic mishaps in the middle- and low-income countries are caused by motorcycle (MC) crashes. However, there is limited information on crash characteristics of such injuries. This study was designed to examine the crash characteristics, pattern of fracture, and sociodemographics of patients with facial bone fractures due to MC crashes in our institution
%K Facial bone
%K fractures
%K motorcycle
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6158988/