Table 2 Traumatic diagnoses among dog bite victims
From: Pediatric patients with dog bites presenting to US children’s hospitals
Traumatic diagnoses | Overall number (%) (N = 68,833) |
|---|---|
Skull fracture | 493 (0.7) |
Skull vault | 82 (0.1) |
Skull base | 129 (0.2) |
Facial bones | 334 (0.5) |
Other or unspecified | 10 (0.0) |
Multiple | 0 (0.0) |
Fracture of neck and trunk | 32 (0.0) |
Vertebral column without spinal cord | 9 (0.0) |
Vertebral column with spinal cord | 0 (0.0) |
Ribs, sternum, larynx, trachea | 22 (0.0) |
Pelvis | 3 (0.0) |
Unspecified | 0 (0.0) |
Fracture of upper limb | 389 (0.6) |
Fracture of lower limb | 51 (0.1) |
Dislocation | 15 (0.0) |
Sprains and strains of joints | 63 (0.1) |
Intracranial injury | 66 (0.1) |
Thorax, abdomen and pelvis | 61 (0.1) |
Open wound of head, neck and trunk | 40,801 (59.3) |
Ocular adnexa | 4879 (7.1) |
Eyeball | 164 (0.2) |
Ear | 2999 (4.4) |
Other head | 33,877 (49.2) |
Neck | 1006 (1.5) |
Chest | 545 (0.8) |
Back | 521 (0.8) |
Buttocks | 666 (1.0) |
Genital organs | 343 (0.5) |
Unspecified | 1339 (1.9) |
Open wound of upper limb | 13,796 (20.0) |
Open would of lower limb | 8218 (11.9) |
Injury to blood vessels | 60 (0.1) |