Sports-related maxillofacial fractures: A retrospective study of 125 patients

Equine-related facial fractures

“…HILL et al found heavy contact (rugby) or high speed (cycling) sports to be the most prevalent causes of maxillofacial injuries and the most common mechanism of injury to be from bodily contact or falls 8 . TANAKA et al reported a 60% incidence of mandibular fractures; 17 Mourouzis and Koumoura reported 46% mandibular fractures in their cohort 12 . Both studies reported a higher incidence of mandibular fractures than the present study.…”

“…Equine-related injuries are prevalent in those under 18 years of age and predominantly involve females 11,12,15,19,20 . The present study found that equine-related maxillofacial fractures involved females more frequently than males.…”

Demographical and clinical aspects of sports-related maxillofacial and skull base fractures in hospitalized patients

“…In recent studies, in accordance with the present findings, nearly 90% of patients required surgery and the length of hospitalization was 0-18 days, with an average stay of 5 days 19,26 . These injuries are not usually severe compared with riot-, trafficor assault-related accidents, but initial hospitalization and surgical interventions were often required 15,24,27 . DELILBASI et al 12 found that the incidence of ballrelated fractures correlated significantly with certain months.…”

Epidemiological study of facial fractures at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital Complex, Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil

“…However, there is great disagreement with the researched authors, the nose bone fractures being more prevalent in several studies 17,29,32 . As for Alvi, Doherty and Lewen 16 , orbital fractures were the most prevalent.…”