Maxillofacial fractures sustained in bicycle accidents

Lindqvist, Christian; Sorsa, Sirkka; Hyrkäs, Tapio; Santavirta, Seppo

doi:10.1016/s0300-9785(86)80005-9

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“…This finding correlates with findings of other studies [7,15,18,19,24,27,32,33,42]. However in contrast to our study, various studies have reported that most common mandibular fracture site was body of the mandible by [1,17,22,26,28,30,44,45], parasymphysis [3,6,46], symphysis by [12] and angle of the mandible by [9].…”

Section: Condylar Fracture In the Mandible As Commonest Fracturesupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Although being the heaviest and strongest facial bone, the mandible is more susceptible to fracture because it is the only movable facial bone and it has anatomical peculiarity in form and location. Various studies have also shown the mandible to be the most affected bone [1,2,7,12,15,19,22,24,26,28,33,42]. But other studies accounted zygoma to be the maximally involved bone [29,43].…”

Section: Mandible As Commonest Bone Involvedmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Study of the Pattern of Maxillofacial Fractures Seen at a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

Pandey

Roychoudhury

Bhutia

et al. 2013

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Aim The present study was planned to investigate the etiology of maxillofacial injuries and to analyze the pattern of maxillofacial factures as well as the various factors influencing their distribution. Study design A one year cross-sectional study was done and 1,108 patients with maxillofacial fractures were analyzed consecutively from April 2010 to March 2011 who reported to the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Centre for Dental Education & Research and Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi. A performa was designed to collect the data that included age and sex distribution, etiology, influence of alcohol, type of fractures, use of restraints devices, associated injuries and treatment delivered. Results Out of 1,108 patients, 89.62 % were males with a male:female ratio of 8.63:1. The 21-30 year age group was found to be maximum (39.98 %). Road traffic accidents accounted for 49.01 %, followed by assault (22.38 %) and fall from height (21.66 %). Two wheelers were the most commonly involved vehicle. Out of 437 road traffic accident patients (excluding pedestrian, n = 106), only 52.40 % were found to be using restraints devices at the time of accident. Totally 25.45 % patients were under the influence of alcohol at the time of injury. According to anatomical distribution of fractures, mandibular fractures (33.57 %) were most prevalent, followed by maxilla (31.13 %), nasal (28.33 %) and zygoma (24.36 %). Head injuries (18.32 %) were found to be the most common associated injuries followed by lower limb fractures. Conclusion The motive behind executing this article is to analyze the various trends of facial fractures and all those factors that affect their distribution. A perfect understanding of pattern of maxillofacial fracture will assist the executors of health care in the treatment planning and management of facial injuries. Knowledge gained from the present study would influence in assessing the effectiveness of existing preventive measures and elaboration of future preventive measures and conducting new research.

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Section: Condylar Fracture In the Mandible As Commonest Fracturesupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Mandible As Commonest Bone Involvedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Study of the Pattern of Maxillofacial Fractures Seen at a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

Pandey

Roychoudhury

Bhutia

et al. 2013

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5] These articles either concentrated on the incidence of dental lesions in fractures of the lower jaw or examined epidemiologic aspects of facial fractures or dental lesions. In the article of Da Silva et al 5 the association of facial trauma and dental lesions was analyzed.…”

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“…This is in accordance with other studies. 4,27 An explanation for this phenomenon could be the high-velocity force acting on the unprotected face of the bicycle rider. In this study 12 of 29 bicycle riders (41%) were wearing helmets at the time of injury.…”

Section: Lieger Et Al Dental Injuries and Facial Fractures J Oral Mmentioning

confidence: 99%