Abstract

The problems of facial injury in children were discussed. From 1982 to 1991, 287 cases of children were presented to the Fukuoka University Hospital Otolaryngological Clinic with facial injury. The ages of the children ranged from 0 to 15 years with two peaks incidence 1 and from 13 to 15. The largest number of these injuries were nasal bone fracture. In infants or younger children, most injuries were due to stumble and fall. Sports injuries occured in more elder children. A case of 6 old years boy who was died to penetrate his soft palate with bamboostick accidentally was reported. The body structures of children are unlike to adalts organically and mechanically, so facial injuries in children developing physical and mental demanded careful treatment.