Citation

Goulart DR, Colombo Ldo A, De Moraes M, Asprino L. J. Oral Maxillofac. Res. 2014; 5(4): e4.

Affiliation

Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, FOP-UNICAMP, Piracicaba, São Paulo Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Kaunas University of Medicine)

DOI

10.5037/jomr.2014.5404

PMID

25635211

PMCID

PMC4306322

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the peculiarities of maxillofacial injuries caused by interpersonal violence with other etiologic factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Medical records of 3,724 patients with maxillofacial injuries in São Paulo state (Brazil) were retrospectively analyzed. The data were submitted to statistical analysis (simple descriptive statistics and Chi-squared test) using SPSS 18.0 software.

RESULTS: Data of 612 patients with facial injuries caused by violence were analyzed. The majority of the patients were male (81%; n = 496), with a mean age of 31.28 years (standard deviation of 13.33 years). These patients were more affected by mandibular and nose fractures, when compared with all other patients (P < 0.01), although fewer injuries were recorded in other body parts (χ(2) = 17.54; P < 0.01); Victims of interpersonal violence exhibited more injuries when the neurocranium was analyzed in isolation (χ(2) = 6.85; P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS: Facial trauma due to interpersonal violence seem to be related to a higher rate of facial fractures and lacerations when compared to all patients with facial injuries. Prominent areas of the face and neurocranium were more affected by injuries.

Language: en