Flagrant of a Clavicle Fracture as Bullfight Injury

Authors

  • Carlos Durão Serviço de Ortopedia. Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira. Vila Franca de Xira. Portugal.
  • Jorge Ramos Serviço de Ortopedia. Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira. Vila Franca de Xira. Portugal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.8320

Keywords:

Athletic Injuries, Cattle, Clavicle/injuries, Fractures, Bone.

Abstract

The Vila Franca de Xira Hospital is located in the region with the highest number of festivals and bullfighting activities of Portugal. As a natural consequence, the hospital ends up with a particular experience in the treatment of victims of bullfighting accidents. These are usually common people harvested in street celebrations during the traditional festivals of the region, but also workers such as cattle herders, foremen, ranchers and others who handle the wild cattle and in particular those who deal with the bulls, such as forcados, banderilleros, matadors and cavaleiros. Although we may refer the perforating injuries generated by the horns of bulls, the most frequent injuries are the blunt ones, among them bruises and fractures of the limbs. This work shows the typical striking of a bull horn, showing the violence of the trauma in bullfighting accidents, which in this case resulted only on the fracture of the clavicle from the member hit in the fall.

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Author Biography

Carlos Durão, Serviço de Ortopedia. Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira. Vila Franca de Xira. Portugal.

Médico Especialista em Ortopedia e Traumatologia

Assistente Hospitalar no Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira

Pos Graduado em Avaliação do Dano Corporal e Antropologia Forense

Perito Médico dos Gabinetes Médico legal de Torres Vedras e Vila Franca de Xira.

Published

2016-11-30

How to Cite

1.
Durão C, Ramos J. Flagrant of a Clavicle Fracture as Bullfight Injury. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2016 Nov. 30 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];29(11):758-60. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/8320

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Section

Case Report