Etiologia e incidência das fraturas faciais em adultos e crianças: Experiência em 513 casos
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2006-09-04
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Montovani, Jair Cortez [UNESP]
Pirani de Campos, Lígia Maria [UNESP]
Gomes, Marina Ayabe [UNESP]
Silva de Moraes, Vinícius Rodrigues [UNESP]
Ferreira, Fabricio Dominici [UNESP]
Nogueira, Emanuel Araújo [UNESP]
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Facial trauma has presented an increasing occurrence in the last four decades, due especially to the growth of accidents with automobiles as well as to the urban violence. Both of which continue being the main cause of such traumas. Aim: To evaluate the features of the population victim of facial trauma as to gender, age, occupation, origin, type of fracture and its cause. Design study: retrospective clinical with transversal cohort. Material and Method: Retrospective study consulting hospital registers of 513 patients victms of the facial trauma. Results: There was a higher incidence of facial trauma on men (84,9%), white (82,7) and with an average age of 29. Regarding occupation, the trauma was mostly occurred to students (16,6%) and Masons (11,2%). The jaw was the most affected place (35%), followed by zygoma (24%) and by the nose (23%), though most patients presented a single facial fracture (82,5%). Among the causes, accidents with automobiles (28,3%), aggressions (21%) and accidental fall s (19,5%) were the most common. Conclusions: Accidents with automobiles continue being the main cause of facial trauma, especially of multiple factures due to the great transmission of kinetic energy.
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Facial fracture, Trauma, Urban violence, accident, adult, age, aggression, controlled study, disease course, ethnology, face fracture, falling, female, gender, human, incidence, jaw fracture, major clinical study, male, multiple trauma, nose fracture, occupation, traffic accident, zygoma arch fracture, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Brazil, Child, Child, Preschool, Epidemiologic Methods, Facial Bones, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Middle Aged, Skull Fractures
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Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia, v. 72, n. 2, p. 235-241, 2006.