title: Prospective audit of mandibular fractures at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was a prospective cross-sectional clinical audit of patients with mandibular fractures at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1 March and 31 August 2004, patients with mandibular fractures seen by one clinician had their details recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The female:male ratio of the study sample of 133 patients was 1:6. Seventy-seven per cent were aged 20-39 years. Most fractures (86%) were the result of interpersonal violence, and 65% were alcohol-associated. Open reduction (75%) was the most common treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study had the highest interpersonal violence and open reduction rates of all the studies reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lownie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cleaton-Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008485:Medical Audit; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology