PMID- 2212022
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19901102
LR  - 20191022
IS  - 1010-5182 (Print)
IS  - 1010-5182 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 6
DP  - 1990 Aug
TI  - The pattern and aetiology of maxillofacial injuries in Greece. A retrospective 
      study of 25 years and a comparison with other countries.
PG  - 251-4
AB  - In comparison with other countries, Greece demonstrates a high incidence of road 
      traffic accidents (RTA's). Most are the result of violation of the highway code. 
      Violence as a causative agent of fractures of the facial skeleton is still a 
      minor factor in comparison with other countries. Most of the people involved are 
      young. In a 25-year period we have treated 6,847 fractures of the facial 
      skeleton. Fractures of the mandibular condyle, the genial symphysis and the 
      zygomatico-maxillary complex were the most numerous. 25% of the patients were 
      women and 75% men. 56% were treated conservatively; an open reduction was the 
      treatment of choice in 37%, while no treatment was considered necessary in 7%. In 
      the period under study, K.A.T. Hospital admitted 60% of the maxillofacial trauma 
      in the whole country.
FAU - Zachariades, N
AU  - Zachariades N
AD  - Oral and Maxillofacial Clinic, General Peripheral Hospital of Attica-K.A.T., 
      Kiffissia, Athens, Greece.
FAU - Papavassiliou, D
AU  - Papavassiliou D
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Scotland
TA  - J Craniomaxillofac Surg
JT  - Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European 
      Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
JID - 8704309
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Europe/epidemiology
MH  - Facial Bones/*injuries
MH  - Female
MH  - Greece/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Jaw Fractures/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Skull Fractures/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - United States/epidemiology
EDAT- 1990/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1990/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1990/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1990/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1990/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1990/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1016/s1010-5182(05)80425-1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 1990 Aug;18(6):251-4. doi: 
      10.1016/s1010-5182(05)80425-1.