@article{ref1,
title="World Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma (WORMAT) project: a multicenter pro-spective analysis of epidemiology and patterns of maxillofacial trauma around the world",
journal="Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery",
year="2022",
author="Roccia, Fabio and Iocca, Oreste and Sobrero, Federica and Rae, Euan and Laverick, Sean and Carlaw, Kirsten and Aquilina, Peter and Bojino, Alessandro and Romeo, Irene and Duran-Valles, Francesc and Bescos, Coro and Segura, Ignasi Parelles and Ramieri, Guglielmo and Ganasouli, Dimitra and Zanakis, Stelios N. and Gorla, Luis Fernando de Oliveira and Pereira-Filho, Valfrido Antonio and Goetzinger, Maximilian and Bottini, Gian Battista and Gallafassi, Daniel and Faverani, Leonardo Perez and Alalawy, Haider and Kamel, Mohammed and Samieirad, Sa-Hand and Jaisani, Mehul Raiesh and Rahman, Sajjad Abdur and Rahman, Ta-Bishur and Aladelusi, Timothy and Hassanein, Ahmed Gaber",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND/AIM: The World Oral Maxillofacial Trauma (WORMAT) project was performed to analyse the causes and characteristics of maxillofacial fractures managed in 14 maxillofacial surgery divisions over a 1-year period. <br><br>METHODS: The following data were collected: age, sex, cause and mechanism of maxillofacial fracture, alcohol and/or drug abuse at the time of trauma, fracture site, Facial Injury Severity Scale score (FISS), associated injury, day of trauma, timing and type of treatment, and length of hospitalisation. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software. <br><br>RESULTS: Between 30 September 2019 and 4 October 2020, 2,387 patients (1,825 males and 562 females [ratio 3.2:1], 47.6% aged 20-39 years [mean age 37.2 years, median 33.0 years]) were hospitalised. The main cause of maxillofacial fracture was road traffic accidents (RTA), which were statistically associated with male adults as like as assault, sport, and work (p<0,05). Half of the fractures involved the middle third of the face, statistically associated with fall and assault (p<0.05). Trauma in multiple locations was significantly associated with longer hospital stay (p<0.05). The mean length of hospitalization was 3.9 days (95% Confidence Interval 3.7-4.2). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This prospective, multicenter epidemiological study confirmed that young adult males were the ones most commonly affected by maxillofacial fracture. RTAs and assaults are statistically associated with the adult population, while falls are associated with females and older population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2468-8509",
doi="10.1016/j.jormas.2022.05.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jormas.2022.05.004"
}