title: [Facial wounds: an epidemiological review of 850 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Facial wound are among the most frequent emergencies. They often affect a young population. We studied the epidemiological profile of facial wounds admitted in our hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective study was carried out in the Emergency Unit from June 2008 to June 2009. It included all patients having presented with at least one facial wound. The analysed parameters were patient, trauma, and wound characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight hundred and fifty patients were included, 20% of whom were female patients. The most frequent etiologies were traffic accidents for men, assault for women, and domestic accidents for children. Alcohol abuse was involved in 12.4% of the cases. The most frequent wound localization was frontal (35.4%). A craniofacial organ (eye, brain…) was affected in 6.1% of the cases; the wound was associated to a craniofacial fracture in 9.6% of the cases, and to an extrafacial lesion in 22% of the cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Facial wounds are a frequent emergency. They are predominant in young male patients. The high frequency of traffic accident and alcohol abuse requires an adequate prevention policy.
authors.affiliation: Unité de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillofaciale, centre hospitalier universitaire Mohammed VI Marrakech, université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco. professeur.mansourinadia@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mansouri Hattab
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahmiti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Bouihi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiroual
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouaichi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fikry
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000293:injuries; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology