PATTERN AND COMMON RISK FACTORS OF MAXILLOFACIAL FRACTURES IN ADULTS

Authors

  • Muhammad Irfan Khan Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.
  • Riaz Khan FCPS Resident, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar.
  • Muhammad Ilyas Oral & Dental Surgery, DHQ Hospital Ghallanai, District Mohamand.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i03.210

Keywords:

Maxillofacial Injuries, Fracture Maxilla, Fracture Mandible, Road Traffic Accidents, Assault.

Abstract

Objective:

To dertemine the pattern and leading factors of maxillofacial trauma in adults.

Materials and Methods:

This was descriptive crossectional study which was carried out at the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar from 02 March, 2018 to 02 November, 2018. A total of 189 patients were selected. The age range was 17-60 years. Fire arm injured patients and those presenting after 24 hours of injury were excluded from this study. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 version. Pvalue ≤ 0.05 was taken as significance.

Results:

Amongst 189 patients, 156 (74.64%) were male and 47 (25.53%) were female. RTA was the leading factor with 108 (54.41%) followed by assaults 45 (23.80%) and falls 36 (19.04%).36 (19.04%) patients have pan facial fractures and 32 (16.93%) patients had zygomatic complex fractures while 26 (13.75%) patients had fracture maxilla, 11 (5.82%) patients had fracture mandible, 36 (19.04%) patients had frontal bone fractures. Mandibular Dentoalveolar Fractures were 16 (8.46%) while Maxillary Dentoalveolar Fracture 10 (5.29%), orbito Nasoethmoide Fracture was found to be 22 (11.64%).

Conclusion:

This study concluded that road traffic accidents were the leading factor which results in maxillofacial trauma.

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Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

Muhammad Irfan Khan, Riaz Khan, & Muhammad Ilyas. (2020). PATTERN AND COMMON RISK FACTORS OF MAXILLOFACIAL FRACTURES IN ADULTS. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 10(03), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i03.210

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 03 (2020): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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