Mandibular fracture: analysis of 293 patients treated in the Hospital of Clinics, Federal University of Uberlândia

Abstract

The incidence of mandibular fractures was remarkably larger in the male sex, during the third decade of life. The most common cause was traffic accident, and symphysis and condyle were the most injured sites. Isolated fractures occurred in over half of the cases. Most of the patients were treated in the first three days and were discharged until the first postoperative visit. Closed reduction was the treatment most commonly employed. The most frequent complication was osteomyelitis.

Fractures of the mandible: a 20-year retrospective analysis of 753 patients

“…[5][6][7][8][9]12,13,17] The most affected patients were males aged 17-30 years (n=301, 40%), which is in agreement with the literature. [5][6][7][8][9]13] Motorcycle-related injuries, industrial injuries and etiologies including violence, such as assault and gunshot injuries, were most commonly observed in male patients aged 17-30 years. The explanation may be that males in this age group are most likely to be involved in violence, and they also drive vehicles carelessly and participate in dangerous exercises and sports.…”

“…[15] Similar to the previous reports [5][6][7][8] (range, 45.3-64.3%), there was only a single fracture line in 448 patients (59.5%), while 305 patients (40.5%) had more than one fracture line. Many authors reported the condyle as the most frequently affected site, [2,4,9,10,17] whereas others reported this to be the parasymphysis [3,5,7,12] and angulus. [8,19] The most affected sites of the mandible in the present report below the age of 50 years werre the parasymphysis, condyle and corpus, whereas these were the parasymphysis, corpus and condyle, respectively, above the age of 50 years.…”

“…[16] The primary causative factor of mandibular fractures in developing countries is traffic accidents, [2,3,[5][6][7][8][9] whereas interpersonal violence is the major cause of this trauma in developed countries. [10][11][12][13][14] In the literature, there are some reports from developed countries [4,17] indicating traffic accidents as the most frequent cause of mandibular injury.…”

“…However, the most frequent causes of mandibular fractures are traumas related to traffic accidents, falls, interpersonal violence, and sport activities, etc. [5] Traffic accidents are the most common cause of mandibular fractures in developing countries, [2,[5][6][7][8][9] as well as in Turkey, [3] whereas interpersonal violence is the major causative factor in developed countries. [10][11][12][13][14] The Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of Erciyes University Medical Faculty is situated in Central Anatolia, and since 1987, has been the only department responsible for the oral and maxillofacial trauma care of a population of nearly 10 million, in Kayseri and the surrounding area.…”

Simplification On The Reduction Of Comminuted Mandibular Fractures For Stable Internal Fixation

“…In the last decades, there has been a significant increase in Craniomaxillofacial trauma and the mandible fracture occupies the second place among the fractures of facial bones, affecting around 20% to 50% [1,2]. This is because, due to their anatomy, topography, and projection in the lower facial third, they are often injured.…”