Penetrating Maxillofacial Trauma – epidemiology and injury characteristics in terror-related violence, interpersonal violence and deliberate self-harm at a Level 1 Trauma Centre

Introduction: Penetrating trauma to the head and neck presents specific diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Aetiologies includes interpersonal violence (IPV), deliberate self-harm (DSH) and terror-related violence (TRV). Data from a Major Trauma Centre which straddles the two boroughs with the highest incidence of violent knife crime in the country will be presented, including data of victims of a major terrorist attack in 2017.

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