Citation

Brusati R, Biglioli F, Salvato G. J. Sports Traumatol. Rel. Res. 1998; 20(1): 15-22.

Affiliation

Cattedra e Divisione, Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale, Ospedale S. Paolo, 20142 Milano, Italy

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Kurtis Publications)

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Abstract

The incidence and mechanisms responsible for sport-related maxillofacial fractures were evaluated in 63 patients representing 21% of the total of 304 trauma subjects admitted to the maxillofacial surgery division of the San Paolo Hospital, Milan, between October 1994 and January 1997. Males outnumbered females by 10 to 1. The peak of incidence was between 16 and 30 years. Football (soccer) was the main sport involved (59%), followed by volleyball (10%), martial arts (8%), skiing (8%), cycling (6%), gymnastics (4%), trekking (3%) and golf (2%). Concomitant soft parts injuries were observed in 16%. Most fractures were isolated (86%). The nasal bone was mainly involved (42%), followed by the mandible (25%), zygomatic bone and orbit (25%), and floor of the orbit (8%). There were no Le Fort type I, II or III fractures.

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