Citation

van Beek GJ, Merkx CA. Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 1999; 28(6): 424-428.

Affiliation

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Hospital (St. Radboud) Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10609743

Abstract

This study reports on two groups of patients who sustained maxillofacial fractures and were treated at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. It spans the periods 1 January 1960 31 December 1974 (1379 patients) and 1 January 1975 31 December 1987 (1324 patients). The changes in the pattern of maxillofacial fractures (e.g. localization and frequency, etiology, age and sex distribution, associated injuries) are discussed. The striking reduction of "road traffic accidents" and the increasing influence of "violence" and "sports" are remarkable.

Language: en