title: Three-year review of facial fractures at a teaching hospital in northern Iran.
abstract: During the three years March 2001-February 2004, 7200 patients with maxillofacial trauma were seen at Poorsina Hospital, of whom 2160 had 4752 fractures of facial bones, 3089 (65%) mainly mandibular and 1663 (35%) mainly midfacial. Road traffic collisions accounted for the injuries in 6552 of the 7200 patients (91%), falls in 396 patients (5.5%), assault in 208 (2.9%) and sport and other causes in 44 (0.6%). The male (n=6646) to female (n=554) ratio was 12:1. During summer, Iranian weekends (Thursdays-Fridays) and the Iranian new year (begins on 21 March), the incidence was much higher than at other times.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Poorsina Hospital, Rasht, Gilan, Iran. drmhk245@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kadkhodaie
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology