title: Pattern of craniofacial injuries in patients admitted to Tanta University Hospital--Egypt.
abstract: The goal of this work was to determine the craniofacial injury patterns in hospitalized patients to facilitate the awareness, by identifying, describing and quantifying trauma for use in planning and evaluation of preventive programs. Two-hundred and fifty five patients with craniofacial injuries were registered at the department of neurosurgery in Tanta University Hospital. Data were collected including age, gender, medical history, cause of injury and type of injury, location and frequency of soft tissue injuries, skull fractures, facial bone fractures, brain injuries and concomitant injuries, patient symptoms, clinical signs and the radiological findings. The most common causes of craniofacial injuries were road traffic accidents, followed by activity of daily life and assaults. Gender distribution showed that, males were at higher risk than females with a ratio of 5.5/1. In total of skull fractures, 47.84% were fissure fracture and 24.31% were depressed fractures. In total of brain injuries, 7.06% for concussion, 4.71% for contusion, 10.98% for brain laceration, 14.12% for pneumocephalus and 36.47% for brain edema. Regression analysis revealed increased risk for skull fractures and brain injuries in traffic accidents were 84.78%, 94.20%, respectively, and 59.14%, 50.54% in activity of daily life, but the probability of soft tissue injuries increase in traffic accident and violence.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
authors.forename: Neven Ahmed
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Rabab Sayed El
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kelany
authors.forename: Ashraf Mahmoud
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Emara
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amer
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001037:Aphasia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology