COMMON NERVE INJURIES IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AT KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY PESHAWAR

Authors

  • Muhammad Halim Post Graduate Trainee Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar
  • Yasir Rehman Khattak Post Graduate Trainee Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar
  • Ajmal Khan Post Graduate Trainee Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i02.424

Keywords:

Road traffic accident, Nerve injury, sensory alterations, facial paralysis

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of common nerve injuries among patients presented with maxillofacial trauma.

Materials & Methods: This analytical non-experimental study consisted of 158 participants were conducted at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar from February 2016 to December 2017 by using non-probability consecutive sampling. Patient’s detailed history and examination were carried out to detect olfactory, infraorbital, inferior alveolar and facial nerve injuries. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all variables (age, gender and nerve injuries etc.). Common nerve injuries were stratified among age group, gender and type of trauma using chi-square test. P<0.05 was considered significant.

Results: The mean age was 29.36±12.41 years. Males (n=141, 89.8%) were more than females (n=17, 10.2%). The causes of nerve injury were road traffic accident (RTA) in 86(54.4%) cases followed by firearm injury (n=32, 20.3%) and fall (n=22, 13.9%). Injury to the inferior alveolar was found in 94(59.5%), infraorbital in 34(21.5%) and facial nerve in 28 (17.7%) cases.

Conclusion: The findings of this study support that males were more commonly involved in nerve injury than females. Maxillofacial trauma was more common in the third decade of life. Road traffic accident was the most common cause of maxillofacial trauma. Inferior alveolar nerve injury was more common than other nerves.

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Published

2018-06-30

How to Cite

Muhammad Halim, Yasir Rehman Khattak, & Ajmal Khan. (2018). COMMON NERVE INJURIES IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AT KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY PESHAWAR. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 8(02), 7–11. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i02.424

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 02 (2018): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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