Associated Injuries with Facial Trauma - A Study

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study were to determine the incidence of associated injuries with maxillofacial fractures and to enlist the age and gender distribution of maxillofacial trauma and also to find out cause, bone most frequently affected with it. MATERIAL AND METHODS: History was taken from patients affected with facial trauma along with 2 diagnostic radiographs. Age, gender, cause, type of injury and fractures elsewhere in the body were recorded. Study was carried out at Emergency Department of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad in a period of 1 year i.e. from 1 st January 2011 to 30 December 2011. RESULTS: Total of 680 patients was included in this study. Out of these males were predominantly affected (72%), mean age was found to be 36.4 years. Road traffic accident (RTA) was the most common cause of injury (51%) and mandible was the most common bone involved (51%). Out of associated injuries tibia (12.35%) and ulna (11.23%) were most common injuries. CONCLUSION: Our study showed a high frequency of trauma in males in 3 rd decade of life. Road traffic accident (RTA) was the most common cause and mandible the most common bone affected. Tibia and ulna were common associated injuries with facial trauma.

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