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What Is Expected from a Facial Trauma Caused by Violence? J Oral Maxillofac Res 2014;5(4):e4 doi:10.5037/jomr.2014.5404 |
What Is Expected from a Facial Trauma Caused by Violence?
1Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, FOP-UNICAMP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
2Piracicaba Dental School, UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Corresponding Author:
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
FOP-UNICAMP
Av Limeira 902 - Box 22, 14900-414, Piracicaba, São Paulo
Brazil
Phone: +55 19 21065390
Fax: +55 19 21065389
E-mail: douglasrgoulart@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the peculiarities of maxillofacial injuries caused by interpersonal violence with other etiologic factors.
Material and Methods: Medical records of 3,724 patients with maxillofacial injuries in São Paulo state (Brazil) were retrospectively analyzed. The data were submitted to statistical analysis (simple descriptive statistics and Chi-squared test) using SPSS 18.0 software.
Results: Data of 612 patients with facial injuries caused by violence were analyzed. The majority of the patients were male (81%; n = 496), with a mean age of 31.28 years (standard deviation of 13.33 years). These patients were more affected by mandibular and nose fractures, when compared with all other patients (P < 0.01), although fewer injuries were recorded in other body parts (χ2 = 17.54; P < 0.01); Victims of interpersonal violence exhibited more injuries when the neurocranium was analyzed in isolation (χ2 = 6.85; P < 0.01).
Conclusions: Facial trauma due to interpersonal violence seem to be related to a higher rate of facial fractures and lacerations when compared to all patients with facial injuries. Prominent areas of the face and neurocranium were more affected by injuries.
J Oral Maxillofac Res 2014;5(4):e4
doi: 10.5037/jomr.2014.5404
Accepted for publication: 15 December 2014
Keywords: aggression; epidemiology; mandibular injuries; maxillofacial injuries.
To cite this article: What Is Expected from a Facial Trauma Caused by Violence? J Oral Maxillofac Res 2014;5(4):e4 URL: http://www.ejomr.org/JOMR/archives/2014/4/e4/v5n4e4ht.htm |
Received: 15 October 2014 | Accepted: 15 December 2014 | Published: 29 December 2014
Copyright: © The Author(s). Published by JOMR under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence, 2014.