Facial Injuries
Research reports on facial injuries from University of California provide new insights
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, January 29th, 2010
"Assault is the most common cause of facial injuries in adolescents treated at inner-city trauma centers, yet little is known about the behavioral and environmental antecedents of these injuries or the willingness of such at-risk adolescents to participate in behavioral interventions to minimize reinjury. The purpose of this study was to identify possible risk and protective factors among adolescents with assault-related facial injury and to assess their willingness to participate in prospective observational research and behavioral interventions," investigators in the United States report.
"Interviews were conducted with 67 adolescents (range 14 to 20 yrs) who were...
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