Human bite injury in North East England--the impact of alcohol intake on a mode of violent assault.
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Harrison, Mark
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2006
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Article
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en
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alcohol , human bite , assault , military , plastic surgery
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Ninety-two retrospective cases of human bite injury referred to a Plastic Surgery department are presented. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship of alcohol intake to these injuries, their distribution and subsequent management. A review of the literature is conducted. The human bite is a leisure time injury of the young single male in the North East. It has been shown that there is a clear link to alcohol and in particular weekend drinking. Prompt operative intervention and wounds located at the head and neck have been shown to be associated with a decreased risk of subsequent infection, which reflects findings in the earlier literature. Fifteen cases were infected. One was the result of a postoperative complication. The remainder were infected on admission. The majority of infected cases were upper limb bites and were associated with a delayed presentation.
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Eardley, W.G.P., Harrison, M.H. and Coady, M.S.E. (2006) ‘Human bite injury in North East England--the impact of alcohol intake on a mode of violent assault’, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 152(1), pp. 22–25. doi:10.1136/jramc-152-01-05.
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Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
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0035-8665