Kite String Injures During Makar Sankranti Festival

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dc.contributor.authorKakadia, Yen_US
dc.contributor.authorGajjar, Yen_US
dc.contributor.authorSavsani, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorYadav, C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T06:32:23Z
dc.date.available2023-06-27T06:32:23Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Kite flying is a colourful festival; it is unfortunately associated with a significant number of in-cising injuries of neck and face caused by the kite string (Manja). The emergency departments report a large number of patients with such injuries during this festival. Materials And Methods: Patients presented to the Emergency Department at Civil Hospital, Gandhinagar on 14th and 15th January with neck and face injury caused by contact with kite string were included in study. Af-ter careful assessment (primary and secondary survey) patients were classified as Superficial (Laceration lim-ited to the skin and subcutaneous tissue) or Deep injury (breach of the platysma, and damage to muscles, thy-roid gland, neurovascular or airway involvement). Results: 20 patients were included in study. Out of which 18 were males and 2 were females. Amongst 18 males 2 were children. Two patients wearing a helmet suffered an injury to the nose. The neck zones involved in the injury, 5 cases involved zone I injury, 9 cases in zone II, 4 cases were in zone III and the remaining 2 had the nasal injury. Conclusion: From this study we conclude that kite string injury lead to serious damage to local tissues. Using protective measures can reduce the incidence and severity of injuriesen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsGMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKakadia Y, Gajjar Y, Savsani P, Yadav C. . Kite String Injures During Makar Sankranti Festival . National Journal of Community Medicine. 2023 Feb; 14(2): 114-117en_US
dc.identifier.issn2229-6816
dc.identifier.issn0976-3325
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/217382
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedsci Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume14en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.55489/njcm.140220232648en_US
dc.subjectKite stringen_US
dc.subjectMakar Sankrantien_US
dc.subjectslit necken_US
dc.subjectManjaen_US
dc.titleKite String Injures During Makar Sankranti Festivalen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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