title: Fractures of the facial skeleton in Tabuk North West Armed Forces Hospital: a five year review.
abstract: A five-year review of nine hundred and eighty maxillofacial injuries seen and treated at the Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia is presented. The dominant age group range was 21-30 years. There were almost twice as many maxillary fractures as mandibular fractures. The most common aetiology was road traffic accidents (RTA), followed by sport traumas. Facial lacerations and contusions followed by neurologic and orthopaedic injuries were the most common concomitant injuries.
authors.affiliation: King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Al-Paha, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Lawoyin
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lawoyin
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Lawoyin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*