Fractures of the facial skeleton in Greece. A retrospective study covering 1791 cases in 10 years.
1791 fractures of the facial skeleton covering 10 years are reviewed. There was a 3:1 male/female relationship and the majority of the cases involved the 11 to 30 years old group. Road traffic accidents by far (58%) outnumber any other cause for the injury. 56.03% of the cases arrived from the greater Athens area, which is inhabited by 40% of the population of the country. There were 1.5 fractures per patient and in the majority of the cases (78%) the mandible was involved.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology