Buunaaim Alexis D B, Seidu Anwar Sadat, Bukari Mohammed Issah Suglo, Alatiga John Abanga, Tano Kouakou Emile, Yempabe Tolgou
Trauma/ Orthopedic unit, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Box TL 16, Tamale, Ghana.
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Box TL 1350, Tamale, Ghana.
J Orthop Case Rep. 2021 May;11(5):33-37. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i05.2194.
Veils are thin garments that are worn over the head, wrapped round the neck, and left hanging loosely over the torso up to the thighs. They are also known as scarf or "dupatta." Veils can get entangled in spokes of motorbikes or in belt-driven machinery resulting in a variety of life-threating injuries.
We report nine major cases of veil entanglement injuries (VEI) that presented to the Orthopedic Unit of Tamale Teaching Hospital from July 10, 2017 to June 12, 2020. All the patients were females with ages ranging from 5-months to 44-year. All the accidents involved either a motorbike or auto rickshaw. Head, neck, and extremity injuries were the most common. Eight out of nine patients had circumferential neck bruise referred to as "veil sign" in this report. One patient died.
The rising trend of VEI is alarming among women in Northern Ghana. We recommend widespread public education and awareness creation. We also recommend modification of traffic regulations by policy makers to avert this avoidable injury.
面纱是一种轻薄衣物，罩在头上，围在脖子上，松松地垂在身体上直至大腿。它们也被称为围巾或“杜帕塔”。面纱可能会缠在摩托车辐条或皮带驱动的机器上，导致各种危及生命的伤害。
我们报告了2017年7月10日至2020年6月12日期间在塔马利教学医院骨科就诊的9例主要面纱缠绕伤（VEI）病例。所有患者均为女性，年龄从5个月至44岁不等。所有事故均涉及摩托车或自动人力车。头部、颈部和四肢受伤最为常见。本报告中，9名患者中有8名出现了环形颈部瘀伤，称为“面纱征”。1名患者死亡。
在加纳北部，女性中VEI的上升趋势令人担忧。我们建议进行广泛的公众教育和提高认识。我们还建议政策制定者修改交通法规，以避免这种可预防的伤害。
