Citation

Montovani JC, de Campos LM, Gomes MA, de Moraes VR, Ferreira FD, Nogueira EA. Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol. 2006; 72(2): 235-241.

Affiliation

Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeca e Pescoco, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - UNESP Distrito de Rubiao Junior s/n Botucatu SP.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Sociedade Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia)

DOI

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PMID

16951858

Abstract

Facial trauma has presented an increasing occurrence in the last four decades, due especially to the growth of accidents with automobiles as well as to the urban violence. Both of which continue being the main cause of such traumas. AIM: To evaluate the features of the population victim of facial trauma as to gender, age, occupation, origin, type of fracture and its cause. DESIGN STUDY: retrospective clinical with transversal cohort. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Retrospective study consulting hospital registers of 513 patients victims of the facial trauma. RESULTS: There was a higher incidence of facial trauma on men (84,9%), white (82,7) and with an average age of 29. Regarding occupation, the trauma was mostly occurred to students (16,6%) and Masons (11,2%). The jaw was the most affected place (35%), followed by zygoma (24%) and by the nose (23%), though most patients presented a single facial fracture (82,5%). Among the causes, accidents with automobiles (28,3%), aggression (21%) and accidental fall s (19,5%) were the most common. CONCLUSIONS: Accidents with automobiles continue being the main cause of facial trauma, especially of multiple fractures due to the great transmission of kinetic energy.

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