Incidence, pattern, etiology of facial fractures among two referral centers (retrospective cross-sectional study) | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | ||||
| Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2024, Page 27-47 PDF (733.01 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/OMX.2024.268653.1222 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Nancy Barsoum  1; Heba Abd El-Wahed2; Yasser Nabil Helmi1
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| 1Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, military teaching specialized dental hospital, Military Medical Complex, Kobri El-Kobba., Cairo | ||||
| 2Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, Ain Shams university | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Facial trauma represents a serious public health problem. Although there is an increase in maxillofacial trauma globally, pattern and etiology of these maxillofacial injuries varies between countries due to socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental factors for each country. The object of this study was to analyze and discuss incidence, pattern, and etiology of maxillofacial fractures. A retrospective cross- sectional study of 350 patients admitted to oral and maxillofacial department during 2016 to 2021. Data were collected for age, gender, etiology , fracture pattern , timing of admission , hospital stay , method of treatment and cost. All data were analyzed using statistical analysis that is chi square test. There is male predominance with the highest incidence in the age group of 20 to 35 years. The most common etiology of trauma is motorcycle accident (34.29%), car accidents (18.57%) followed by falling accidents (14.86%) zygoma (13.71%) is the most common fracture site in the face. Thus, effectiveness of current preventive measures is to be assessed, followed by constructing new guidelines for prevention and inflexible traffic rules shall be raised. More epidemiological surveys can, if encouraged to measure the frequency of fractures, better the world. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| epidemiology of maxillofacial trauma; postoperative stay; method of treatment | ||||
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