RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 More on Dog-Bite Injuries
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 356
OP 356
VO 89
IS 2
A1 LACKMANN, G. -M.
A1 TÖLLNER, U.
YR 1992
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/89/2/356.2.abstract
AB To the Editor.— With great interest we have read the article by Avner and Baker1 about dog bites in urban children. We would like to add some results of our own investigations. In childhood, the face is the most frequent site of dog-bite injuries. Gonnering2 described a "central target region," consisting of nose, mouth, and periorbital region, which is afflicted in up to 78% of all children suffering dog bites. In 1990, we studied the clinical course and follow-up of 16 children aged 18 months to 14 years who were treated surgically at our hospital because of facial dog-bite injuries.3