PMID- 21660436
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120327
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1865-1569 (Electronic)
IS  - 1865-1550 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Dec
TI  - Maxillofacial injuries in western Iran: a prospective study.
PG  - 201-9
LID - 10.1007/s10006-011-0277-6 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Although the epidemiology of facial injuries has been studied in 
      many populations, there is a paucity of information in the literature in this 
      relation in the Middle East including Iran. The aim of this study was to assess 
      the epidemiology and mode of treatment of facial injuries in western Iran. 
      MATERIAL AND METHODS: We examined all patients with a maxillofacial injury who 
      presented to the outpatient department or who were hospitalized in the Besat 
      Hospital of Hamedan City, Iran, between 20 December 2007 and 20 December 2009. 
      RESULTS: Of 2,450 patients (77% male, 23% female) with a facial injury, 90% 
      sustained soft tissue injuries and 37% had bone fractures. Motor vehicle 
      accidents (MVAs) were the most common cause of injuries (35%). The most frequent 
      bone fracture occurred in the nasal bone (63.4%). The incidence of associated 
      injuries was 8.3% (mostly orthopedic). Rigid internal fixation was the main 
      treatment of facial fractures. Malpositioned zygomas and functional and aesthetic 
      problems after reconstruction of nasal-orbital-ethmoid injuries were the most 
      common postoperative complications. DISCUSSION: Although in many countries the 
      rate of facial injuries due to traffic accidents is decreasing, MVA is still the 
      major cause of facial trauma in Iran. This may be due to the lack of enforcement 
      of traffic laws by police and insufficient compliance of the population in 
      obeying traffic rules. Rigid internal fixation was the most common mode of 
      treatment of facial fractures, and in spite of the severity of facial injuries, 
      the rate of postoperative complications was relatively low.
FAU - Zandi, Mohammad
AU  - Zandi M
AD  - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan 
      University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran. 
      zandi88m@yahoo.com
FAU - Khayati, Adell
AU  - Khayati A
FAU - Lamei, Arash
AU  - Lamei A
FAU - Zarei, Hamid
AU  - Zarei H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110610
PL  - Germany
TA  - Oral Maxillofac Surg
JT  - Oral and maxillofacial surgery
JID - 101319632
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Fracture Fixation, Internal
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Iran/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Maxillofacial Injuries/*epidemiology/*surgery
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multiple Trauma/epidemiology
MH  - Postoperative Complications
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Skull Fractures/epidemiology/surgery
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/06/11 06:00
MHDA- 2012/03/28 06:00
CRDT- 2011/06/11 06:00
PHST- 2011/02/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/05/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/06/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/06/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/03/28 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10006-011-0277-6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011 Dec;15(4):201-9. doi: 10.1007/s10006-011-0277-6. Epub 
      2011 Jun 10.