title: First 4-years orthognathic surgery audit of a Saudi teaching hospital.
abstract: The study represents a retrospective audit of the first four years of orthognathic surgery carried out at a Saudi teaching hospital. The results showed that orthognathic surgery was the most common oral and maxillofacial surgery performed in that particular hospital, which is one of two teaching hospitals covered by the division of oral and maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, King Saud University in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The variation in the patients characteristics, treatment provided, and final outcome is presented.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019230:Dental Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D016896:Treatment Outcome