Abstract
Trauma, “a body injury produced by sudden force ,”1 is something that man has had to confront from the beginning of time. Skull and facial trauma has long been a part of war and warring. Early biblical references, such as to David and Goliath,2 and accounts of early man illustrate the severe effects caused by a substantial blow to the head. While interpersonal violence still accounts for a significant portion of head trauma, the invention, development, and use of motor vehicles provides a medium through which a majority of skull and facial trauma occur.3 The leading causes of facial fracture trauma are illustrated in Fig. 11.1.
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Allsop, D.L. (1993). Skull and Facial Bone Trauma: Experimental Aspects. In: Nahum, A.M., Melvin, J.W. (eds) Accidental Injury. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2264-2_11
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