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
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)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.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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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) |
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