Abstract
During the past 10 years of civil unrest in Northern Ireland a wide variety of facial injuries have been treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. The causes and nature of these injuries are described and the experience gained in their management is reviewed.
Keywords: FACIAL INJURIES, CIVIL DISORDER, SURGERY
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