Changing trends in causes and patterns of facial fractures in children

Thoren, Hanna; Iso-Kungas, Petri; Iizuka, Tateyuki; Lindqvist, Christian; Törnwall, Jyrki (2009). Changing trends in causes and patterns of facial fractures in children. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontology, 107(3), pp. 318-24. Orlando, Fla.: Elsevier 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.09.024

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OBJECTIVE: To review the epidemiology of facial fractures in children and to analyze whether it has changed over time. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of records of children aged < or = 15 years diagnosed for fracture during 2 10-year periods. RESULTS: A total of 378 children were diagnosed with fractures, 187 in 1980-1989 and 191 in 1993-2002. The proportion of children with mandibular fractures decreased by 13.6 percentage-points from the first period to the second, whereas the proportion of patients with midfacial fractures increased by 18.7 percentage-points. Assault as a causative factor increased by 5.5 percentage-points, almost exclusively among children aged 13-15 years, with a high percentage (23.5%). CONCLUSIONS: Recognition of a change in fracture patterns over time is probably due to the increased use of computerized tomographic scanning.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
UniBE Contributor:	Thoren, Hanna Agneta, Iizuka, Tateyuki
ISSN:	1079-2104
ISBN:	18964157
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:05
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:20
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.09.024
PubMed ID:	18964157
Web of Science ID:	000263295000004
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/28149 (FactScience: 117591)