title: Incidence and causes of maxillofacial skeletal injuries at the Mayo Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan.
abstract: Between January 2001 and December 2002, we studied a total of 702 patients with facial skeletal injuries, of whom 590 (84%) were male and 112 (16%) female. Injuries were most common (218 patients, 31%) in the third decade of life and there were 167 (24%) in the second decade. The most common cause was road traffic collisions (382 patients, 54%) and the second most common was a fall from a height (135 patients, 19%). The mandible was the most common bone to be fractured (473 patients, 67%) followed by the zygoma (209 patients, 30%). There were 199 patients with fractured maxillas (28%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Services Institute of Medical Sciences/Services Hospital Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan. sacheema2002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Saeed Ashraf
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cheema
authors.forename: Farhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amin
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution