Aetiology and incidence of facial fractures: propective study of 108 pacients

Authors

  • Ricardo Guilherme da Silva Krause
  • Aurelício Novaes Silva Júnior
  • Luis Eduardo Schneider
  • Rogério Coelho de Aguiar
  • Ricardo Smidt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v3i2.4424

Keywords:

Facial fractures, Epidemiology.

Abstract

Facial fractures, when not adequately identified and treated, can cause serious functional and esthetic sequelae. The aim of this study was to evaluate, by means of a prospective study, the incidence index of facial fractures in 108 patients cared for the Oral and Maxilofacial Surgery and Traumatology Squad of Porto Alegre Independência Hospital in a period of 15 months. Based in the results, it was concluded that in the managed patients in the facial traumatology Service, the urban violence (36%), transit accidents (19%) and sports (19%) were the principal etiological causes. There was a higher incidence in males in 20 until 30 - year old people.

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Author Biography

Luis Eduardo Schneider

  

How to Cite

Krause, R. G. da S., Silva Júnior, A. N., Schneider, L. E., Aguiar, R. C. de, & Smidt, R. (2004). Aetiology and incidence of facial fractures: propective study of 108 pacients. Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences, 3(2), 188–193. https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v3i2.4424

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