TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Epidemiologic study of mandible fractures in a public hospital of Sao Paulo
JO  - Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
A1  - Leporace, Antonio Augusto Ferreirinha
A1  - Paulesini Júnior, Walter
A1  - Rapoport, Abrao
A1  - Denardin, Odilon Victor Porto
SP  - 472
EP  - 477
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0100-6991
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -