Epidemiological Survey of Maxillofacial Fractures In Ismaillia

Abstract

ll1e whole studv includes 140 p< IICiliS that were treated from 1'!'!7 up'" the end of' 2002 Twenty patients were treated in the period from December 2CHII Ill I )cec'lnher 2002 One I1111Hired twenty patients were treated in the pcr1od l'ron1 Januarv I 997 to December 200 I, The average munber oi paticmsper vear is 2:'\ with the highest peak during the summer season,

!\II the data of the patients that were present in the period fi-om I <J<)7 to end of 200 I \vas collected li'Oill tl1e patients files in the emergency department. 111 patient department. and radiological department while the data of the patients thai were treated during the period of this study (fi,om the end oi2UO I to the end of 2002) was collected from the patients them selves or thc1r relatives,

From this study we can conclude that:

The, most common cause of injwy is road traffic accident which is accounted for 50%,

2. Males were the most frequent victims of facial bone ti•actures with a male to female ratio approaching 3,6:1, 3. Patients in the third decade of life were the most vulnerable to facial bone fractures

4. There is intimate relation between the cause of traLima and the severity of the facial fi'actures, 5. Spoils and industrial inturies were represented only with males, 6. Head injuries are the most common associated injuries with facial bone ti,actures

7 The scat be it has great value on decreasing the severity of the fi1c1ai fi'actures ancl avoiding the associated head injuries, 8 The SLIItllttcr months brought the highest incidenc,e of facial bone fractures.

'!, 1\mor<lllliC, rad1o raph 1s the most valuable radiograph "' dclnOih11•:1111l!:! aiiJllilJldibular fractures. I Olhrcc climcnsion<tl CT. provides mo1•e accurate details and ima Jila!IOil about tht..' fiJCI{ll fl•actttrcs more than the two dimensio11;-ll rt dtngr<lj)ll

II M<llldiiJIII;u li'actnrcs were the most common site to be li'< cturcd f(J//( \\'Cd h\ llO C, l.)"_l!Oirl;t, lll;t.\!ll;J, (llld Orbit.