@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of Pediatric Facial Trauma in Chile: A retrospective study of 7,617 cases in 3 years",
journal="Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal",
year="2014",
author="Collao-González, C. and Carrasco-Labra, A. and Sung-Hsieh, H-h and Cortés-Araya, J.",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="e99-e105",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of facial trauma injuries in a group of Chilean children aged 15 years or less. Study design: Retrospective study of case series. Between 2006 and 2009, clinical records of 293,090 patients were reviewed. Data of patients with trauma injuries to the face were collected and evaluated for: age, sex, day and month of hospital admission, cause of injury, anatomical location, type of injury and presence of associated injuries. RESULTS: A total of 7,617 patients with 8,944 injuries were found. Boy to girl ratio was 1,7:1. Preschool age children were most frequently affected. Main cause of injury were falls, soft tissue injuries the most common type of injury. Associated injuries occurred in 11% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: Facial trauma presents a significant frequency in the group of Chilean children studied. Preeschool age boys were prone to present facial trauma of mild severity associated to falls.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1698-4447",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}