title: [Fractures of maxillo-facial bones in children. Our experience].
abstract: A clinic-statistical study of maxillo-facial fractures in a series of 52 children is reported. This group presents a higher involvement of mandibular body and a low rate M:F than in the literature. Factors responsible for increasing of maxillo-facial traumas in little girls and in school age are analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Scuola di Specializzazione in Chirurgia Maxillo-Faccile, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lavorgna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iaccarino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maremonti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costigliola
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Le fratture dello scheletro maxillo-facciale in età pediatrica. Nostra esperienza.