Incidence and causes of maxillofacial skeletal injuries at the Mayo Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan
| Autor: | Saeed Ashraf Cheema, Farhat Amin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Injury control Adolescent Accident prevention Poison control Age Distribution Mandibular Fractures Injury prevention medicine Humans Pakistan Sex Distribution Child Road traffic Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Accidents Traffic Infant Middle Aged Surgery Otorhinolaryngology Child Preschool Athletic Injuries Accidental Falls Female Maxillofacial Injuries Oral Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of oralmaxillofacial surgery. 44(3) |
| ISSN: | 0266-4356 |
| Popis: | Between January 2001 and December 2002, we studied a total of 702 patients with facial skeletal injuries, of whom 590 (84%) were male and 112 (16%) female. Injuries were most common (218 patients, 31%) in the third decade of life and there were 167 (24%) in the second decade. The most common cause was road traffic collisions (382 patients, 54%) and the second most common was a fall from a height (135 patients, 19%). The mandible was the most common bone to be fractured (473 patients, 67%) followed by the zygoma (209 patients, 30%). There were 199 patients with fractured maxillas (28%). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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