title: Fractures of the facial skeleton in children.
abstract: Fractures of the facial skeleton are infrequent in children. A series of 147 fractures in 116 children aged from 10 days to 13 years old was retrospectively reviewed. The male to female ratio was 1.4:1 and the highest incidence occurred in the age group 8 to 10 years. The main aetiological factor was road traffic accidents. The mandible was predominantly involved (83.7%). The incidence of fractures of the middle third of the face was very low (4.0%). Closed reduction was undertaken most frequently. Complications were found to be minimal.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Dental Faculty, Children's Hospital, P. and A. Kyriakou, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stylogianni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arsenopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patrikiou
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000628:therapy*