TY - JOUR
T1 - Assault-related maxillofacial injuries
T2 - the results from the European Maxillofacial Trauma (EURMAT) multicenter and prospective collaboration
AU - Boffano, Paolo
AU - Roccia, Fabio
AU - Zavattero, Emanuele
AU - Dediol, Emil
AU - Uglešić, Vedran
AU - Kovačič, Žiga
AU - Vesnaver, Aleš
AU - Konstantinović, Vitomir S.
AU - Petrović, Milan
AU - Stephens, Jonny
AU - Kanzaria, Amar
AU - Bhatti, Nabeel
AU - Holmes, Simon
AU - Pechalova, Petia F.
AU - Bakardjiev, Angel G.
AU - Malanchuk, Vladislav A.
AU - Kopchak, Andrey V.
AU - Galteland, Pål
AU - Mjøen, Even
AU - Skjelbred, Per
AU - Bertin, Helios
AU - Marion, F.
AU - Guiol, Julien
AU - Corre, Pierre
AU - Løes, Sigbjørn
AU - Lekven, Njål
AU - Laverick, Sean
AU - Gordon, Peter
AU - Tamme, Tiia
AU - Akermann, Stephanie
AU - Karagozoglu, K. Hakki
AU - Kommers, Sofie C.
AU - Forouzanfar, Tymour
PY - 2015/4
Y1 - 2015/4
N2 - Objective: The aim of this study is to present and discuss the demographic characteristics and patterns of assault-related maxillofacial fractures as reported by a European multicenter prospective study. Study Design: Demographic and injury data were recorded for each patient who was a victim of an assault. Results: Assaults represented the most frequent etiology of maxillofacial trauma with an overall rate of 39% and the values ranging between 60.8% (Kiev, Ukraine) and 15.4% (Bergen, Norway). The most frequent mechanisms of assault-related maxillofacial fractures were fists in 730 cases, followed by kicks and fists. The most frequently observed fracture involved the mandible (814 fractures), followed by orbito-zygomatic-maxillary complex fractures and orbital fractures. Conclusions: Our data confirmed the strong possibility that patients with maxillofacial fractures may be victims of physical aggression. The crucial role of alcohol in assault-related fractures was also confirmed by our study.
AB - Objective: The aim of this study is to present and discuss the demographic characteristics and patterns of assault-related maxillofacial fractures as reported by a European multicenter prospective study. Study Design: Demographic and injury data were recorded for each patient who was a victim of an assault. Results: Assaults represented the most frequent etiology of maxillofacial trauma with an overall rate of 39% and the values ranging between 60.8% (Kiev, Ukraine) and 15.4% (Bergen, Norway). The most frequent mechanisms of assault-related maxillofacial fractures were fists in 730 cases, followed by kicks and fists. The most frequently observed fracture involved the mandible (814 fractures), followed by orbito-zygomatic-maxillary complex fractures and orbital fractures. Conclusions: Our data confirmed the strong possibility that patients with maxillofacial fractures may be victims of physical aggression. The crucial role of alcohol in assault-related fractures was also confirmed by our study.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84921919961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.12.004
DO - 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.12.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 25640305
SN - 2212-4403
VL - 119
SP - 385
EP - 391
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
IS - 4
ER -