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Conveyor Belt Entrapment Trauma in Children: An Unreported Menace

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A retrospective study was conducted including all the children who sustained motorized machine belt entrapment injuries. Six children included in study had mean (SD) Glosgow coma scale and pediatric trauma score of 5.7 (3.54) and 3.2 (1.21), respectively. Overall mortality and paraplegia rate were 33.3% each. Awareness and legislation both are important to curb this menace.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Preeti Tiwari

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vaibhav Pandey & Rakesh Kumar

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Badri P. Das

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Anutosh K. Singh

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Tiwari, P., Pandey, V., Das, B.P. et al. Conveyor Belt Entrapment Trauma in Children: An Unreported Menace. Indian Pediatr 57, 66–68 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1707-z

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