BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between severity of maxillofacial injuries determined by trauma scoring systems and its economic burden to patients in terms of cost and duration of hospitalization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Following ethical approval a retrospective chart review was undertaken at Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital to identify patien...

Maxillofacial injuries can cause significant long-term functional, esthetic, and psychological complication. Besides, these injuries may pose a substantial economic consequence for the patients as the treatment may involve a complex procedure. The purpose of the current retrospective study was to investigate the pattern of maxillofacial fractures in Medellín, Colombia over a 13-year period (199...

Through this 20-year statistical analysis, we try to explain the changes in data during our results, taking into consideration the local characteristics in the pattern of casualties, etiology and treatment modalities [1, 2]. The findings of this study, compared with other studies, support the view that the causes and incidence of maxillofacial injuries vary from one study to another according t...

background: fracture, is discontinuity of anatomical bone relations. commonly, a maxillofacial fracture occurs after trauma but the etiology and pattern of this entity is different amongst countries. the aim of this study was to clarify the main causes of this entity in yazd to increase public and professional awareness to prevent more injuries and subsequent consequences. materials and methods...

Background: Maxillofacial injuries pose a therapeutic challenges to trauma, maxillofacial and plastic surgeons practicing in developing countries. This study was carried out to determine the etiology, injury characteristics and management outcome of maxillofacial injuries at Maysan general hospital in Maysan, southern of Iraq from November 2008 to April 2010. Patients and methods: The data coll...

The incidence of facial trauma is high. This study has the primary objective of documenting and cataloging maxillofacial fractures in polytrauma patients. From a total of 1229 multiple trauma cases treated at the Emergency Room of the Santo Antonio Hospital - Oporto Hospital Center, Portugal, between August 2001 and December 2007, 251 patients had facial wounds and 209 had maxillofacial fractur...

OBJECTIVE To determine the etiology and pattern of maxillofacial injuries in the Armed Forces of Pakistan in terms of anatomical distribution of injuries. DESIGN A descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY January 2001 to Jan 2004 at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, AFID, Rawalpindi. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three hundred consecutive patients of Armed Forces of Pakistan wit...