ABSTRACT
La instalación de bolsas de aire en los vehículos automotores, en conjunto con los cinturones de seguridad, ha reducido la incidencia de lesiones en cabeza y cuello posteriores a colisiones frontales o laterales. La NHTSA ha reportado en sus últimos estudios realizados que la instalación de bolsas de aire ha salvado vidas en accidentes automovilísticos. Sin embargo, las bolsas de aire son causantes de abrasiones, heridas, quemaduras y otras lesiones. A continuación se reporta un caso donde se presenta trauma facial debido a activación inusual de bolsa de aire y se realiza revisión de la literatura.
The installation of air bags in automobile vehicles, conjointly with seat belts, has reduced the incided of head injuries posterior to frontal or lateral collisions. The NHTSA, in last studies, that the installation or air bags has saved lives in automobile accidents. However, air bags cause small abrasions, light wounds, burns and other lesions. In following pages a case report presented where facial trauma occurs due to the unusual activation of the air bag and the pertinent literature is revised.
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adolescent , Accident Consequences , Air Bags/adverse effects , Air Bags/statistics & numerical data , Air Bags/trends , Craniocerebral Trauma/therapy , Mandibular Fractures , Mandibular Fractures/therapy , Data Interpretation, StatisticalABSTRACT
Air-bags have received widespread support as an effective means of enhancing automotive safety, and they are becoming more common as standard automobile equipment on many cars. Although air-bag induced ocular injuries are rare, they present a serious concern because of the possibility of permanent damage or visual impairment. To date, most reports have investigated ocular injury from high velocity motor vehicle accidents and reports of ocular injury from low speed motor vehicle accidents have been rare. We describe a patient who sustained severe ocular injury, including periorbital fracture, hyphema, vitreous hemorrhage, and choroidal rupture of the macular area, due to an inflated air-bag in a low speed motor vehicle accident.