Maxillofacial injury related to terror

Abstract

September 11, 2001, prompted a marked increase in concern about terrorism in most parts of the western world. But even before then, several countries, Israel among them, had become sensitive to the issue because of their experiences with terrorist attacks. The frequency of terrorist assaults had already heightened concerns about security and medical responses. Terrorism-related injuries have some unique attributes that are not encountered in other trauma. Most of these incidents, caused by bombs or other explosives, are multi-casualty or mass-casualty events. The injuries cause multi-trauma, affecting several organs and systems, and the treatment is usually multidisciplinary. An important facet is that they involve the special characteristics of blast injuries, which require particular attention. © 2009 Springer New York.