Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Nov 2018
[Firework injuries in the south-western region of the Netherlands around the turn of the year 2017-2018].
To report the number of patients with firework-related injuries treated in December 2017 and January 2018 in a hospital in the south-west Netherlands trauma region, and to provide details about the types of firework used and the specific injuries. ⋯ Between 1 December 2017 and 31 January 2018 in the south-west Netherlands trauma region mainly teenage males and bystanders sustained firework-related injuries. Most injuries were upper extremity burns and eye injuries, mainly due to legal fireworks and bangers or decorative fireworks. The extent of the sample indicates that the study findings can be extrapolated to the rest of the Netherlands.