[Preliminary proposal of the severity score system for maxillofacial injuries].
OBJECTIVE
A new injury severity score system was proposed in this study to evaluate maxillofacial injuries.


METHODS
Based on AIS-90, all clinical samples were given diagnosis. Their month opening limitation, malocclusion and facial deformity were recorded as indices in scoring system. Severity injury scores for different groups and types were statistically. analyzed.


RESULTS
It was demonstrated that there was a significant difference in scores between injuries of soft tissue and bone tissue and between different fracture groups.


CONCLUSIONS
The proposed scoring was system useful to predict the cost of medical care and the days of in-patient, reliable, sensitive and specific in evaluation the maxillofacial injury severity.
Zhang
Jie
J
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Zhang
Yi
Y
Zhou
Lian
L
Liu
Lin
L
Zou
Li-dong
LD
Liu
Xin-hua
XH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000145:classification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices