Citation

Starkhammar H, Olofsson J. Clin. Otolaryngol. Allied Sci. 1982; 7(6): 405-409.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01404.x

PMID

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Abstract

During a 10 year period (1969-1978) 922 patients with facial fractures were hospitalized at the Department of Otolaryngology, Jönköping Central County Hospital, Sweden. Eighty percent were men. The peak incidence occurred at the age of 21-30 years. The yearly number of facial fractures was doubled between 1969 and 1974, after which no marked increase was noted. The aetiologies of the fractures were fights (28%), traffic accidents (23.5%), sport activities (17.4%). There was a comparatively low number of work related facial fractures in this study (8.1%). Front seat passengers, car drivers and cyclists represented a great portion of the traffic injury group. The number of fractures caused by traffic accidents decreased after 1974, a fact that may be due to the safety-belt law.

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