title: [Retrospective analysis of 2461 patients with maxillofacial fractures].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the 2461 cases of maxillofacial fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 2003 to 2009, 2461 maxillofacial fracture cases were treated in Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Data regarding sex, age, cause of injury, occupation, geographic distribution, blood type, fracture site, multiple associated injuries, injury severity, the patient's first admitted department, treatment results were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The male and female ratio was 4.28:1, 1424(57.86 %) patients were between 20 and 40 years of age. The most common cause of injury was road traffic accident (938 cases, 40.98%). People in tertiary industry (900 cases, 78.53%) were most vulnerable to injuries. The zygomatic complex (22.08%), nasal bone (20.67%) and mandible (16.35%) were the most frequent fracture sites, which were often associated with skull (21.74%), brain (38.36%) and soft tissue contusion injury (48.84%). 85.98% (2116/2461 cases), of patients' AIS score was less than 2. Orthopaedics (939/2461 cases, 38.16%) was the first admitted department.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The traffic accidents are the main cause of the maxillofacial fractures. Most injuries are found in the young and middle-aged people.
authors.affiliation: Center of Oral Treatment, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Foshan Guangdong 528000, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guo-guang
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jun-wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xu-xuan
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Jian-ya
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery