Facial fractures and urgent action required to curb community violence - a podcast by Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The disturbing number of facial fractures resulting from interpersonal violence has prompted Dr Swee Tan to call on the community and government to act. Dr Tan specialises in plastic and reconstructive surgery and is the Founder and Executive Director of the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute. He is senior author of a study conducted by Wellington's Hutt Hospital in NZ, examining patients referred to the hospital's Plastic, Maxillofacial and Burns Unit with facial fractures from 2012-2017. Almost 40% of those in the study admitted with facial fractures were a result of violence.

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