Citation

Eskitascioglu T, Ozyazgan I, Coruh A, Gunay GK, Yuksel E. Ann. Plast. Surg. 2009; 63(5): 522-530.

Affiliation

From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Melikgazi, Kayseri, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/SAP.0b013e318194fdab

PMID

19806046

Abstract

Maxillofacial fractures are encountered less commonly during childhood period due to anatomic, social, cultural, and environmental factors. Although the incidence of all maxillofacial fractures is 1% to 15% among pediatric and adolescent patients, this rate drops to less than 1% in children below 5 years age. Two hundred thirty-five cases (

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