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Article History

Received: 9 December 2021

Accepted: 23 May 2022

First Online: 30 May 2022

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of University of Sulaimani College of Medicine (Number 33), and informed written consent was obtained from the participants.

: Informed consents were taken from the patients for publication purposes. Written informed consent to publish the images with the facial region was obtained from study participant’s next of kin and/or parent/legal guardian. Proof of consent to publish from study participants can be supplied at any time. The images provided showed the faces of the patients due to the presence of significant physical findings of traumatic asphyxia in the region of the face which are essential in the presentation, but we have already obtained the agreement of the patients to show their faces.

: The author declares that he has no competing interests.