Motor –vehicle accidents related maxillofacial injuries: a multicentre and prospective study

Publication date: Available online 13 December 2018

Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Author(s): Muhammad Ruslin, Matteo Brucoli, Paolo Boffano, Arnaldo Benech, Emil Dediol, Vedran Uglešić, Žiga Kovačič, Aleš Vesnaver, Vitomir S. Konstantinović, Milan Petrović, Jonny Stephens, Amar Kanzaria, Nabeel Bhatti, Simon Holmes, Petia F. Pechalova, Angel G. Bakardjiev, Vladislav A. Malanchuk, Andrey V. Kopchak, Pål Galteland, Even Mjøen

Abstract

Objectives

The purpose of this study is to obtain more precise information about the demographics and etiological/epidemiological patterns of MVA – related maxillofacial fractures of an European multicentre prospective study.

Study design

Of the 3260 patients with maxillofacial fractures admitted within the study period, 326 traumas were due to motor vehicle accidents with a male to female ratio of 2.2:1.

Results

The maximum incidence was encountered in Zagreb (Croatia) (18%) and the minimum value was observed in Bergen (Norway) (0%). The most frequent mechanisms were car accidents with 177 cases, followed by motorcycles The most frequently observed fracture involved the mandible with 199 fractures, followed by maxilla-zygomatic-orbital (MZO) fractures.

Conclusions

In all the three groups mandibular and MZO fractures are the two most frequently observed fractures with some variations.

The importance of the perseverance in analyzing MVA related facial injuries with their features and characteristics should be stressed.

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