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OBJECTIVES :<\/strong><\/p>\n SUBJECTS AND METHODS:<\/strong> <\/p>\n Children aged 0 to 19 years, treated for head and neck dog bites at our tertiary care children\u2019s hospital (1999-2007), were included. Demographics, dog breed and ownership, seasonal incidence, wound location, characteristics, management, and complications were recorded. RESULTS: Eighty-four children, aged 10 months to 19 years (mean, 6.19 years) underwent primary repair of head and neck dog bite injuries. The cheek (34%) and lips (21%) were involved most commonly. Average wound length was 7.15 cm. Dog bite incidence peaked during summer months. Infection occurred in 10.7 percent. Pulsed dye laser was used to improve cosmesis. <\/p>\n CONCLUSIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Children are vulnerable to head and neck dog bite injuries. Wound healing is excellent despite a contaminated wound. Infections occur infrequently. Pulsed dye laser improves cosmesis.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2.2″ custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2.2″][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.wnykidsent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/head-and-neck-dog-bites-in-children.pdf” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”view full article” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.4.2″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_text_color=”#f8f8f8″ button_bg_color=”#05647a” button_border_width=”1px” button_border_color=”#05647a” button_border_radius=”0px” button_letter_spacing=”4px” button_font=”Didact Gothic|700||on|||||” custom_padding=”15px|30px|15px|30px|true|true” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” hover_enabled=”0″ button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off|desktop” button_text_color__hover=”#f8f8f8″ button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off|desktop” button_bg_color__hover=”#05647a” button_bg_enable_color__hover=”on” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off|desktop” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off|desktop”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Angelo Monroy, MD, Philomena Behar, MD, Christopher Poje, MD,and Linda Brodsky, MD, Buffalo, NY Head And Neck Dog Bites In Children OBJECTIVES : \u2714 Demonstrate patterns of dog bite injury to the head and neck in children. \u2714 Identify treatment outcomes of dog bite injuries to the head and neck. STUDY DESIGN: Case series with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-published-articles"],"yoast_head":"\n\n