@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiologic study of mandible fractures in a public hospital of Sao Paulo",
journal="Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões",
year="2009",
author="Leporace, Antonio Augusto Ferreirinha and Paulesini Júnior, Walter and Rapoport, Abrao and Denardin, Odilon Victor Porto",
volume="36",
number="6",
pages="472-477",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To analyze the frequency epidemiological description of mandibular fractures correlating gender, age, etiological factors, anatomic location, and types of fracture's traces. METHODS: A retrospective survey of the medical history of 883 patients with facial fractures, attended at the Buco-Maxilo-Facial Surgery and Traumatology Service of the Hospital Geral de Vila Penteado in São Paulo (São Paulo - Brazil), in a period of 3 years (from January 2004 to December 2006). RESULTS: From 883 patients evaluated, 270 presented mandibular fracture (30,5%). The male gender was the most affected (76,7%) in the age of 20 to 29 years (33,0%), the most frequent etiological factor was the car accident (35,2%), the body of the mandible was the most affected anatomic location (47,4%) and the single traces prevailed (76,7%). CONCLUSION: The majority of the fractures were simple, located in the body of the mandible, and higlighted in males, aged from 20 t0 29 years, and caused by car accident.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0100-6991",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}