Dr. Matthew White, M.D., director of facial plastic
and reconstructive surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology at NYU Langone
Medical Center, has treated a number of patients who suffered facial trauma
from taxi accidents.
He says the injury is common at NYU Langone and Bellevue
Hospital.
“It’s devastating for patients,” White says. “The momentum of the force [of the
crash] carries the passenger forward into the acrylic glass and slams their
face right into it. There is a lot of bone trauma, so facial fractures --
things like nose fractures, cheek fractures or what we call the tripod
fracture,” he added, referring to an injury that breaks the bones that support
the face.
Though the resulting injuries can be grisly (one New York City woman needed 50
stitches after a 2012 crash according to White), they are extremely
preventable.
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