Prevalence of Operated Facial Injury in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of a Tertiary Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Maxillofacial injury is one of the commonest causes of surgery performed by anoral and maxillofacial surgeon. Socioeconomic conditions, cultural variation, age, and genderaffect the etiology of the injury. The study is aimed to find the prevalence of facial injury that isoperated by the oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the College of Medical Sciences and TeachingHospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan, a tertiary hospital.
 Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed using the chart from the hospitalregistry for the patient being operated under general anesthesia from April 1, 2017, to March2019. Simple random sampling was done using computer-generated random numbers. Ethicalapproval was received from the Institutional Review Committee of the hospital. The Data forthe reason for surgery, age, age groups etiology, and tissue involvement were analyzed usingStatistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20.
 Results: Facial injury occupies 378 (71.59%) of the total operation performed by Oral andMaxillofacial surgeon in a tertiary hospital. Soft tissue 196 (52.85%) and facial bone fracture182 (48.15%) is distributed among the facial injuries. Young adults are commonly affected, andthe road traffic accident is the major cause of facial trauma.
 Conclusions: Facial injury-related surgeries are more prevalent in the tertiary hospital ofBharatpur.

Characteristics and age‐related injury patterns of maxillofacial fractures in children and adolescents: A multicentric and prospective study

“…Patients suffering trauma from RTA had the highest median age among the causes of trauma, with 68% of all RTA‐related fractures in the adolescent group (Table 1). In addition, RTA was the main cause of maxillofacial paediatric fractures in all African and Asian centres, ranging from 42% to 69% (Table 2), in agreement with several studies 11,13,27,36–38 . As reported previously, a reason for the high rate of this type of injury in developing countries may be the widespread use of motorcycles and badly maintained roads, but most importantly the lack of enforcement and implementation of road rules and policies 37 .…”

“…In addition, RTA was the main cause of maxillofacial paediatric fractures in all African and Asian centres, ranging from 42% to 69% (Table 2 ), in agreement with several studies. 11 , 13 , 27 , 36 , 37 , 38 As reported previously, a reason for the high rate of this type of injury in developing countries may be the widespread use of motorcycles and badly maintained roads, but most importantly the lack of enforcement and implementation of road rules and policies. 37 In contrast, lower incidences of RTA‐related fractures in developed countries are related to the strict application of safety policies, including the mandatory use of seatbelts, motorcycle helmets and child restraints.…”

Alcohol consumption and maxillofacial fractures in times of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in a Cuban university hospital

“…All this makes them prone to suffer various types of trauma such as maxillofacial fractures. 29 There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the number of cases treated for maxillofacial trauma and the treatment modalities used. Accordingly, more conservative treatments have been used, based on biosafety protocols that have been implemented to deal with the health situation.…”