著者

田中 宏和 宮澤 英樹 林 清永 峯村 俊一 倉科 憲治 栗田 浩

出版者

公益社団法人 日本口腔外科学会

雑誌

日本口腔外科学会雑誌 (ISSN:00215163)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.60, no.10, pp.581-586, 2014-10-20 (Released:2015-07-17)

参考文献数

22

被引用文献数

1 2

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The number of patients attacked by bears has been rising recently because the opportunity to encounter wild bears has increased. Bear attacks usually focus on the head and neck areas, and the attack sometimes causes fatal injuries.We report two cases of multiple facial lacerations and mandibular bone comminuted fractures caused by a bear attack.A 70-year-old man and a 60-year-old man were attacked by a black bear while mushroom picking. They sustained mandibular bone comminuted fractures with deep lacerations of the face. They were brought to our emergency room. Their lives were saved by immediate surgery. In addition, it was necessary to provide preventative measures against infection.