Assault-related maxillofacial injuries: the results from the European Maxillofacial Trauma (EURMAT) multicenter and prospective collaboration

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 - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84924293086

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 -